Movielogr
The Galoshes of Happiness (1987)
Directed by Juraj Herz
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.
Length 83 minutes
Actors
Jana Brejchová | Towje Kleiner | José Luis López Vázquez | Marek Brodský | Miroslav Donutil | Vlado Müller | Vladimír Javorský | Andrej Hryc | Therese Herz | Juraj Herz | Július Vašek | Karol Čálik | Jan Hrušínský | Dušan Blaškovič | Sylvie Turbová | Růžena Rudnická | Václav Knop | Jindra Bartošová | Renata Mašková | Jana Oľhová | Marta Raslová | Zuzana Hodkova | Nela Boudová | Zora Kolínska | Elena Petrovická | Bořík Procházka | Jana Sedova | Jan Přeučil | Stanislav Tříska | Zdenka Sajfertová | Ivan Vyskočil | Eva Spoustová | Valéria Kelecsényiová | Jiří Pleskot | Helena Gabrielová | Mikulás Ladizinský | Michael Kocáb | Vlastimil Bedrna | Tomáš Turek | Jan Szymik | Gabriela Wilhelmová | Jiří Krytinář | Pavel Vangeli | Milan Šteindler | Šárka Štembergová | Karel Fridrich