''Což takhle dát si špenát (in English: "How About a Plate of Spinach") ''is a 1977 Czechoslovak comedy science fiction film directed by
Václav Vorlíček
Václav Vorlíček (3 June 1930 – 5 February 2019) was a Czech film director. His filmography includes several comedies made in collaboration with screenwriter Miloš Macourek. He also specialized in directing children's and fairytale films, mos ...
. The film was based on a script by his trusted collaborator Miloš Macourek. The title song, with lyrics by F. R. Čech, is sung by Jiří Schelinger. Actress Iva Janžurová played a dual role in the film, portraying both František Liška's wife, Libuše, and his daughter, Marcelka. The creators initially wanted to make this film before
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974), but received a message from Barrandov studios: "serious projects first, and then you can make your silly comedies.
Summary
Two swindlers get to prison for alcohol theft. After an exit from prison they are employed in a lab inventing a device for regeneration of old cows. The owner of salon wants to use devices for rejuvenation. But something goes wrong, and they end up rejuvenated to kids.
Cast
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Vladimír Menšík
Vladimír Menšík (9 October 1929 – 29 May 1988) was a Czech actor and entertainer. He is considered one of the greatest Czech comedians, storytellers and improvisers.
Life
Vladimír Menšík was born on 9 October 1929 in Ivančice, Czechosl ...
- Zemánek
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Jiří Sovák
Jiří Sovák (''né'' Schmitzer; 27 December 1920 – 6 September 2000) was a Czech actor, best known for his comedy roles.
Early life
Jiří Sovák was born Jiří Schmitzer to the family of an innkeeper in Prague.Jiří Sovák, Slávka Kopec ...
- Liška
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Iva Janžurová
Iva Janžurová (born 19 May 1941) is a Czech actress. She attended school in České Budějovice and in 1963, she graduated from the Faculty of Theatre at the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague. In 1964, she became the main member of Vinoh ...
- Lišková / Marcelka (big)
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Michal Kocourek - Zemánek (boy)
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Ondřej Hach - Liška (boy)
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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 ...
- Grandfather Liška
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Ivana Maříková - Lenka
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Petr Přívozník - Mirek
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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 Milo ...
- Lopezová
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Josef Somr
Josef Somr (14 April 1934 – 16 October 2022) was a Czech actor. He was noted for starring in the Oscar-winning 1966 film '' Closely Watched Trains'', as well as in '' The Joke''.
Early life
Somr was born in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, on 14 Ap ...
- Pereira
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Eva Trejtnarová - Mária
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Petr Kostka
Petr Kostka (born 11 June 1938) is a Czech actor.
Kostka was born in Říčany near Prague, Czechoslovakia. In 2003, he received Thalia Award for performing Herman in ''Smíšené pocity'' ''Mixed Emotions''.
Selected filmography
* ''Fetters' ...
- Carlos
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Jaroslava Obermaierová - Vilma
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Bedřich Prokoš - Professor
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Čestmír Řanda
Čestmír Řanda (5 December 1923 – 31 August 1986) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in over 65 films and television shows between 1960 and 1986.
Selected filmography
* '' Bílá spona'' (1960)
* '' Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk'' (19 ...
- Mlejnek
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Juraj Herz
Juraj Herz (4 September 1934 – 8 April 2018) was a Slovak film director, actor, and scene designer, associated with the Czechoslovak New Wave movement of the 1960s. He is best known for his 1969 horror/black comedy '' The Cremator'', often ci ...
- Netušil
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1970s science fiction comedy films
1977 films
Czechoslovak science fiction comedy films
Films directed by Václav Vorlíček
Czech science fiction comedy films
Films about rapid human age change
1977 comedy films
1970s Czech films
1977 science fiction films
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