Tony, You Are Nuts

Screenwriter František Pavlíček successfully worked with director Věra Plívová-Šimková on several occasions. In addition to the children’s films Lišáci – Myšáci a Šibeničák (Foxes, Mice and Gallows Hill, 1970) and O Sněhurce (Snow White, 1972), Pavlíček also wrote the comedy Tony, tobě přeskočilo (Tony, You Are Nuts), which popular filmmaker Plívová-Šimková co-directed with favourite collaborator Drahomíra Králová. This 1968 film tells the story of four siblings living in a children’s home, who find a secure environment hanging out with the rather peculiar villager Antonín Heretyk, nicknamed Tony. After a glass of plum brandy, even a visiting social worker accepts that the love offered at this place is far more important than the location’s failings regarding material comforts and hygiene… The title character is played by Slovak actor Ľudovít Kroner, brother of the more widely known Jozef Kroner. The four siblings depicted in the film, played by Josef Filip, Josef Masničák, Zdenka Smrčková and Jiřina Šolcová, are a mix of experienced child actors and non-actors.