Summary
Josef Pinkava filmed Chlapi přece nepláčou more than one decade after his 1970 family motion picture Kapitán Korda (Captain Korda), even though it is a loose sequel to the latter title. The main character in this adaptation of the book Jménem korvetního kapitána (In the Name of the Three-Stripe Commander) is, once again, a boy called Pepík. Pepík, played this time by Jiří Strnad, is living happily with his beloved adoptive parents when he is one day rattled by the news that they are expecting a child of their own. While anxious that his parents will not love him as much as they used to, he continues to experience all manner of incidents with his gang of friends and a new classmate, pigtailed Saša. Pepík’s stepfather, meanwhile, decides to try and ease the difficult situation by gifting his adoptive son an inspirational “ship’s” logbook in which he can write down his feelings... The parents in this pleasantly entertaining children’s film are portrayed by Ladislav Frej and Jaroslava Tvrzníková (they take over from Vladimír Brabec and Milena Dvorská in the earlier film).
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