''The Girl on the Broomstick'' (''Dívka na koštěti'') is a 1972 Czechoslovak fantasy-comedy film directed by
Václav Vorlíček
Václav Vorlíček (3 June 1930 – 5 February 2019) was a Czech film director. He studied filmmaking at FAMU from 1951 to 1956, and began directing feature films since the early 1960s. His filmography includes several comedies made in collaborat ...
based on a book by . A sequel ''Saxána a Lexikon kouzel'' was released in 2011.
Plot
A teenage witch, Saxana, who faces 300 years' detention for failing her classes, escapes to the human world with the help of a school janitor. Once in the human world, she meets Honza, a teenage boy, who takes her to school with him. At school, Saxana becomes acquainted with three of the schools' teenage delinquents, who convince her to turn the faculty into rabbits by lying and promising her that they will help in her quest to stay in the human world.
Cast
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Petra Černocká as Saxana
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Jan Hrušínský
Jan Hrušínský (born 9 June 1955) is a Czech actor. He has appeared in 56 films and television shows since 1970. He starred in the 1974 film '' Kdo hledá zlaté dno'', which was entered into the 25th Berlin International Film Festival. He is ...
as Honza Bláha
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Jan Kraus as Miky Rousek
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František Filipovský
František Filipovský (23 September 1907 – 26 October 1993) was a Czechoslovak stage, television, and film actor.
Life and career Early life and theatre
Filipovský was born on 23 September 1907 in the Czech town of Přelouč, then part of A ...
as Mr. Rousek
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Vladimír Menšík
Vladimír Menšík (9 October 1929 – 29 May 1988) was a popular Czech actor and entertainer, born in Ivančice, Moravia, Czechoslovakia.
Both comedian and serious actor, he created a wide range of lively characters. He starred in more than 12 ...
as Retired vampire, janitor
* as Bohouš Adámek
* as Čenda Bujnoch
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Stella Zázvorková
Stella Zázvorková (14 April 1922 – 18 May 2005) was a Czech actress from Prague.
Zázvorková, an alumnus of Prague's theatre school of E.F. Burian, appeared in more than a hundred films and series. She was married to the actor Miloš ...
as Mrs. Vondráčková
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Míla Myslíková
Bohumila "Míla" Myslíková (14 February 1933 – 11 February 2005) was a Czech actress. She appeared in over 90 films and television shows between 1954 and 1993. She starred in the 1974 film ''Kdo hledá zlaté dno'', which was entered in ...
as Mrs. Bláhová
* as Wizardry School Headmaster
* as Botany Teacher
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Jaromír Spal as Mr. Bláha
Soundtrack
The music for the film was composed by Angelo Michajlov. The soundtrack was released on a vinyl and CD by Finders Keepers Records in 2010.
Tracklist
# Dívka Na Koštěti
# Dexem Po Multo Shumpoplex
# Telescopicas Humerus
# Petramorphosis
# Algebraic Airbrush
# Suxo Plexo Muxo
# A Pretty Kettle Of Fish
# A Chicken In Form 9
# Vladimír's Secret Service
# Rats And Rodents
# The Wisdom Teeth
# Ridiculous Cuniculus
# Twenty Past Two
# An Open Window
# Dexem Po Krumplex
# Saxana
# A Rabbit In Cage 6
# A Visit From The Heavies
# The 300 Year Itch
# Hex F.X.
# A Good Honest Looney House
# Hide And Sheikh
# Haxipola's Trip
# Rudexa Ux Velorex
# Expedit - A Dragon With Two Heads
# The Magic In A Single Rose
References
External links
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1972 films
1970s Czech-language films
Czechoslovak fantasy films
1970s fantasy comedy films
Films directed by Václav Vorlíček
Czech fantasy comedy films
1972 comedy films
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