- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genres: Comedy, Fantasy
- Release:
- Director: Karel Steklý
- Writers: Karel Steklý
- Language: Czech
- Stars: Oldo Hlavácek , Helga Cocková , Svatopluk Matyás , Helena Blehárová , Miroslav Homola , Zdena Hadrbolcová , Eduard Dubský , Jirí Lír , Slávka Budínová , Josef Vetrovec
- Runtime: 95 min
- Awards: N/A
- AKA: Hroch , Hroch
- Plot: The bank officer Bedrich Hroch is sent by the bank director to the zoo, which asked an allocation of one and half kg of gold for a gold tooth for a hippo. During the check up of the hippo's teeth Bedrich is swallowed by the hippo. The man does not die in the hippo's guts and he chats quite happily with his frightened wife Dása. Journalist Pip Karen, his friend is also present to the dialogue and he has immediately an idea how to use this special situation. He tells to the new minister Borovec and his opponent professor Fibinger that there is a hippo in the zoo which can speak. He also tells them how to use this situation for a political propaganda.
- IMDB:tt0174757
Hroch Cast · · · ALL
Karel Steklý
Director
Oldo Hlavácek
Bedřich Hroch
Helga Cocková
Dáša
Svatopluk Matyás
Pip Karen
Helena Blehárová
Soňa
Miroslav Homola
ministr Borovec
Zdena Hadrbolcová
Plašilová
Eduard Dubský
prof. Fibinger
Jirí Lír
ošetřovatel
Slávka Budínová
Majka
Josef Vetrovec
ředitel zoo
Jirí Holý
Oldrich Velen
Jan Skopecek
Josef Kobr
Milos Willig
Tomás Sedlácek
Josef Hlinomaz
Karel Hábl
Ivana Bilková
Bláža
Jan Pohan
Jirí Jelinek
Bert Schneider
Vladimír Hrubý
Karel Hovorka
Jaroslav Cmíral