The Galoshes of Happiness
1987
83 minutes
Overview
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.
Top Cast
Jana Brejchová
Glücksfee/Sorgenfee
Towje Kleiner
Assistenzarzt
José Luis López Vázquez
Schulrat
Marek Brodský
Student
Miroslav Donutil
Kapitän
Vlado Müller
Kutscher
Vladimír Javorský
Schreiber
Andrej Hryc
Major
Jan Hrušínský
Junger Leutnant
Tereza Pokorná-Herzová
Mina
Juraj Herz
Július Vašek
Karol Čálik
Jan Hrušínský
Dušan Blaškovič
Sylvia Turbová
Růžena Rudnická
Václav Knop
Jindra Bartošová
Renata Mašková
Jana Oľhová
Marta Rašlová
Zuzana Hodková
Nela Boudová
Zora Kolínská
Elena Petrovická
Bořík Procházka
Jana Šedová
Jan Přeučil
Stanislav Tříska
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Ivan Vyskočil
Eva Spoustová
Valéria Kelecsényiová
Jiří Pleskot
Helena Gabrielová
Mikuláš Ladižinský
Michael Kocáb
Vlastimil Bedrna
Tomáš Turek
Jan Szymik
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Jiří Krytinář
Pavel Vangeli
Milan Šteindler
Šárka Štembergová