The Galoshes of Happiness
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.
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Top Cast
Jana Brejchová
Glücksfee/Sorgenfee
Towje Kleiner
Assistenzarzt
José Luis López Vázquez
Schulrat
Marek Brodský
Student
Miroslav Donutil
Kapitän
Vlado Müller
Kutscher
Vladimír Javorský
Schreiber
Andrej Hryc
Major
Jan Hrušínský
Junger Leutnant
Tereza Pokorná-Herzová
Mina
Juraj Herz
Július Vašek
Karol Čálik
Jan Hrušínský
Dušan Blaškovič
Sylvia Turbová
Růžena Rudnická
Václav Knop
Jindra Bartošová
Renata Mašková
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