Girl with Shells

Feb 13, 1981

1h 30m

★ 10.0

Overview

Thirteen-year-old Vendula dozes off at school and dreams about her parents riding in a carriage dressed in their wedding clothes. The young teacher is angry with the girl who has already failed a year, and has no idea that she is looking after three younger half-brothers. They all have a different father and their mother comes home noisy and drunk every day, often accompanied by a man...

Genres

Drama

Family

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Girl with Shells Trailers

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Cast

Vendula

Dita Kaplanová

matka Venduly

Evelyna Steimarová

Jeník

Petr Bosák

Libor

Martin Zavadil

Socialni pracovnice

Dana Medřická

Emma Černá

otec Venduly

Ladislav Frej

Otcová druhá zena

Regina Rázlová

Ucitel

Jan Hartl

Eva Horká

Richard Knotek

Michala Baumannová

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