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Sluníčko na houpačce

Dec 27, 1981

★ 5.0

Overview

Editor Julie and artist Vojta go to a children's home in Sumava to pick up a nine-year-old boy, Matěj Stibor, and bring him to Prague to receive the main prize in a children's drawing competition. Matěj drew a family of three by a swing with the sun shining over them. His real parents, however, are far from ideal. His mother disowned him after giving birth, his father struggles with alcohol addiction. Will the boy find a new family?

Genres

Family

Drama

TV Movie

Production Companies

Československá televize Praha

Filmové studio Barrandov

Sluníčko na houpačce Trailers

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Cast

Julka

Marta Vančurová

Vojtěch

Jiří Bartoška

Matěj

Marek Mikuláš

Stibor

Petr Čepek

Ota Sklenčka

Bedřich Prokoš

Karel Heřmánek

Eliška Balzerová

Zdeněk Dušek

Ladislav Trojan

Milena Dvorská

Dagmar Havlová Veškrnová

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