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The Galoshes of Happiness(1987)
Status: Released
Date: 1987-04-01
65%
2 Votes
Time: 1h 23m
Overview:
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.
Languages: German, Slovak.
Countries:
Czechoslovakia,
Germany,
Austria
ProductionCompanies: 
Omnia Films
Slovenská filmová tvorba
MR TV-Film
Movie: The Galoshes of Happiness
Top 10 Billed 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
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Overview
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.
Release Date
1987-04-01
Average
6.5
Rating:
3.3 startsTagline
Genres
Languages:
DeutschSlovenčina
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