Křeček v noční košili
{{Infobox television
| alt_name =
| image = Křeček v noční košili box art.jpg
| caption =
| runtime = 45 minutes
| creator =
| narrated =
| starring = Július Satinský, Ondřej Regazzo, Jiří Racek, Marek Brodský
| country = Czechoslovakia
West Germany
| network = Czechoslovak Television
| first_aired = {{start date|1988|12|24|df=y}}
| last_aired = {{end date|1989|1|1|df=y}}
| num_episodes = 6
| language = Czech
}}
Křeček v noční košili (Hamster in a Nightshirt) is a six-part television series for children, which was co-produced by Czechoslovakia and West Germany in 1987 by director Václav Vorlíček. It was first broadcast during the Christmas holidays of 1988.{{cite journal |title=Kam za kulturou |journal=Rudé právo|date=24 December 1988 |page=6 |url=https://archiv.ucl.cas.cz/index.php?path=RudePravo/1988/12/24/6.png |access-date=13 July 2023}} In Germany it is known under title Hamster im Nachthemd.{{cite web |title=Křeček v noční košili (1987) |url=https://www.csfd.cz/film/71927-krecek-v-nocni-kosili/zajimavosti/ |website=Czech and Slovak Film Database |access-date=13 July 2023 |language=cs-CZ}} The hamster in the title refers to a character whose surname translates as hamster.
Plot
The main character is young Kája Berka, who visits his grandparents in the town of Ružbach. There he sleeps in a borrowed nightgown from his great-grandfather - and thanks to it, he is transported in his dream to the time when his great-grandfather taught at the local school and shocked the neighborhood with his ingenious inventions. However, in an attempt to transfer his inventions to modern times, engineer Křeček appropriates these inventions (among other things because he was competing with Kája's father for the position of chief designer of the automobile company). The Kreček family basks in the media's favor, while the Berks are embarrassed - so Kája and his friend Aleš Chvojka, using another of his great-grandfather's inventions, get into the thief's head and begin to influence and control him in an attempt to seek justice.{{cite book |last1=ADAMOVIČ |first1=Ivan |url=https://www.databazeknih.cz/knihy/encyklopedie-fantastickeho-filmu-17683 |title=Encyklopedie fantastického filmu |date=1994 |publisher=Cinema |location=Praha |isbn=80-901675-3-5 |page=200 |edition=1. vyd |access-date=13 July 2023}}
Cast
- Ondřej Regazzo as student Kája Berka
- Jiří Racek as student Aleš Chvojka
- Marek Brodský as designer Radim Berka, Kája's older brother
- Jiří Zahajský as engineer Berka, Kája's and Radim's father
- Božidara Turzonovová as Magda Berková, Kája's a Radim's mother
- Miroslav Vladyka as great-grandfather Berka, Lyceum professor and inventor
- Marie Rosůlková as great-grandmother Berková
- Jarmila Smejkalová as grandmother Berková
- Jiří Sovák as grandfather Berka
- Július Satinský as engineer Karel Křeček
- Jana Švandová as Mrs. Křečková
- Monika Effenbergerová as Alice Křečková, daughter of Karel Křeček and Radim's love interest
- Martin Mejzlík as Tomáš Křeček, Radim's rival
- Ondřej Vetchý as Michal, Radim's friend
- Zdena Hadrbolcová as Mrs. Chvojková, Aleš' mother
- Luděk Kopřiva as headmaster of Lyceum
- Karel Effa as janitor of lyceum
- Václav Sloup as repairman Zedral
- Alena Procházková as Kája's and Aleš' teacher
- Jaroslava Schallerová as Klára
Episodes
- Ukradený vynález (Stolen invention)
- Sehnat noční košili (Quest for a nightshirt)
- Velká akce začíná (The big action begins)
- V pasti (The trap)
- Zloděj v noční košili (Thief in a nightshirt)
- Vlaštovko, leť! (Fly, paper plane!)
References
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External links
- [https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0249297/ IMDB Entry]
{{Václav Vorlíček}}
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