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The Galoshes of Happiness (1987)
Directed by Juraj Herz
Family, Fantasy · 1h 23m
The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German companies based on classic world fairy tales. After Slovak folk tales [The Greatest Peck in the World, Salt Over Gold] and the works of German fairy tale writers Wilhelm Hauff [The False Prince] and the Brothers Grimm [The Land of the Thrush's Beard, Perinbaba], screenwriter Alex Koenigsmark and director Juraj Herz were inspired by the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the story of slippers that the Fairy of Fortune enchanted so that they would fulfill every human wish and thus bring people happiness. The filmmakers humorously transferred the plot from Copenhagen to old Prague.
Cast
Jana Brejchová
Towje Kleiner
José Luis López Vázquez
Marek Brodský
Miroslav Donutil
Vlado Müller
Vladimír Javorský
Andrej Hryc
Jan Hrušínský
Tereza Pokorná-Herzová
Juraj Herz
Július Vašek
Crew
- Director
- Juraj Herz
- Screenplay
- Alex Königsmark
- Writer
- Hans Christian Andersen
- Director of Photography
- Dodo Šimončič
- Original Music Composer
- Michael Kocáb
- Editor
- Jaromír Janáček
Details
- Original title
- Galoše šťastia
- Release date
- 1987-04-01
- Runtime
- 1h 23m
- Genres
- Family, Fantasy
- Original language
- SK
- Spoken languages
- Slovak, German
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia, Germany, Austria
- Production
- Omnia Films, Slovenská filmová tvorba, MR TV-Film, ZDF, ORF