''Skřítek'' is a

Czech Czech may refer to: * Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe ** Czech language ** Czechs, the people of the area ** Czech culture ** Czech cuisine * One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus *Czech (surnam ...

comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark comedy being an exception to this rule. Comedy is one of the o ...

. It was released in 2005. It could be called a "feature butcherly slapstick". Skřítek is a slapstick film, so the dialogues are substituted for

interjection An interjection is a word or expression that occurs as an utterance on its own and expresses a spontaneous feeling, situation or reaction. It is a diverse category, with many different types, such as exclamations ''(ouch!'', ''wow!''), curses (''da ...

s and all the sounds are stylised.

Tomáš Vorel Tomáš Vorel (born 2 June 1957) is a Czech film director, screenwriter, actor, producer and cameraman. He studied at Film and TV School of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague, graduating in 1989. Vorel's tenth film, ''The Good Plumber'', was ...

decided to film a

slapstick film Slapstick films are comedy films using slapstick humor, a physical comedy that includes pratfalls, tripping, falling, practical jokes, and mistakes are highlighted over dialogue, plot and character development. The physical comedy in these film ...

after several years as his debut in this genre was an episode in a

film

Pražská pětka ''Pražská pětka'' is a Czechoslovak comedy film The comedy film is a film genre that emphasizes humor. These films are designed to amuse audiences and make them laugh. Films in this genre typically have a happy ending, with dark come ...

that was filmed in 1988.

Cast

Eva Holubová Eva Holubová (born 7 March 1959) is a Czech actress. She is known for having cured herself of alcoholism. She received a Czech Lion Award in 2000 for her supporting role in the film ''Ene Bene'', and in 2006, she won the award for Best Actres ...

as Mother *

Bolek Polívka Boleslav Polívka (born 31 July 1949, in Vizovice) is a Czech film and theatre actor, mime, playwright, and screenwriter. He has appeared in more than 40 films. Career Polívka first started appearing in films in the 1960s. He graduated from ...

as Father * Anna Marhoulová as Daughter * Tomáš Vorel Jr. as Son * Marika Sarah Procházková as Father's Lover (credited as Marika Procházková) *

Jiří Macháček Jiří Macháček (born 6 July 1966 in Litoměřice) is a Czechs, Czech actor and singer. Education Macháček graduated from high school in Prague before attending Jaroslav Ježek Conservatory, the Law Faculty at Charles University in Prague, ...

as The Biker Butcher * Ivana Chýlková as Son's Teacher

External links

* 2005 films 2005 comedy films Czech comedy films 2000s Czech films 2000s Czech-language films Czech-language comedy films {{2000s-CzechRepublic-film-stub