Two kids get their adult wish and immediately regret everything. Czech chaos ensues.
Friends Hejbal and Kašík long for adulthood so they can do whatever they want, but when a unique chemistry experiment suddenly allows them to grow up, nothing seems as simple as it first seems...
Acting
Vladyka and Havelka nailing adult-in-a-kid's-body physicality.
Production
Charming low-budget chemistry-lab transformation sequence.
Director
Jiřina Pokorná-Makoszová
Ondřej Havelka
Vašek Kašík
Miroslav Vladyka
Bohouš Hejbal
Josef Abrhám
otec Kašík
Hana Maciuchová
matka Kašíková
Karel Heřmánek
otec Hejbal
Jitka Molavcová
matka Hejbalová
Petr Nárožný
učitel Vaněk
Josef Větrovec
ředitel Pecka
Oldřich Vízner
psycholog Jára
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
Maruška Nováková
Lucie Matoušková
Šváková
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
This TV movie crystallizes a specifically Czechoslovak genre: the 'povídka' (short tale), where modest budgets and theatrical actors created beloved family content during normalization-era television.
Ondřej Havelka later became a celebrated jazz musician and director; this early role shows his gift for physical comedy that would define his stage career. The film's title references a traditional Czech wedding song, subverted completely.
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