Directed by:
Zdeněk TroškaCinematography:
Martin DubaComposer:
Miloš KrkoškaCast:
Bronislav Kotiš, Tereza Kostková, Jiří Dvořák, Vladimír Polívka, Carmen Mayerová, Sara Sandeva, Tereza Bebarová, Matěj Hádek, Karel Dobrý, Anna Polívková (more)Plots(1)
Family comedy The Spooks is ambitious about the genre return in the fantasy world, to amuse viewers by a stories of supernatural creatures and fairy-tale stories. The contemporary fairy-tale comedy The Spooks is about going back to classical special effect films as "Arabela", "Saxana", or "Jak utopit Dr. Mráčka". Move out or pay rent, work or attend a school! That was the verdict pronounced by an officer Patočka over a family of Hugo the bray-bringer, which live in an old house on the edge of a small town. The family of bray-bringer Hugo consist of supernatural creatures – a Hugo´s wife/witch Patricia, their two children, another witch aunt Žofia, merman Bubla and fairy Jitřenka. They are supposed to attach to the human world, start to work, attend school and most of all start to making money for paying a rent. The end of a family seems to be irrevocable, especially after Hugo loses his voice and his wife Patricia leaves him to fly to her first love, a vampire, to Temesvar. The house should be vacated, which the creatures want to prevent at all costs. They set out to find an officer Patočka, who is in charge of their case, he hears their pleas and advise them what they should do. Merman Bubla begin working at the laundry of lady Karolína as an auxiliary assistant, Hugo incorporates into the dramatic ensemble and there he practises a fairy-tale and fairy Jitřenka becomes a first prima ballerina in the same theatre. All will be pretty much harder than it might seem. A whole family await unbelievable adventures of an unknown world. The courageous heroes are about to solve a tough tasks thanks to use of magic, they have to face the traps of a human kingdom, outsmart the red tape and keep their family together. Their colourful and joyful life, endless love and the sense of community are much stronger than greed and meanness of common humans. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Bronislav Kotiš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přítelkyně z domu smutku (1992) (series)
Dick Whittington (1993) (TV movie)
Kdyby tisíc klarinetů (1991) (theatrical recording)
Tereza Kostková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Lady of Izieu (2007) (TV movie)
Women on the Run (2019)
Jiří Dvořák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Brouk v hlavě (1998) (theatrical recording)
Brouk v hlavě (2020) (theatrical recording)
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Vladimír Polívka
Switzerland
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
Manon Lescaut (2021)
Carmen Mayerová
German Empire
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Krvavá svatba (1987) (theatrical recording)
Smutek sluší Elektře (1991) (theatrical recording)
Sara Sandeva
Republic of Macedonia
Best movies:
What Men Want (2018)
Pure Devilry (2017)
A Christmas Story (2022)
Tereza Bebarová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Blboun (2001) (theatrical recording)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Matěj Hádek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cosy Dens (1999)
Návštěvy u pana Greena (2016) (theatrical recording)
Operace Silver A (2007) (TV movie)
Karel Dobrý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Czech Soda (1998)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Anna Polívková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
The Defender (2021) (series)
Zločin v Posázavském Pacifiku (2013) (theatrical recording)
Petr Nárožný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
To nejlepší z Rangers-Plavců 1967-1973 I. (2013) (music video)
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Václav Postránecký
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Martin Pechlát
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Odpad, město, smrt (2013) (theatrical recording)
Proces (2013) (theatrical recording)
Audience u královny (2021) (theatrical recording)
Nelly Řehořová
Czech Republic
Best movies:
The Fairy Tales for Ema (2016)
River Rascals (2017)
Pure Devilry (2017)
Petr Šimčák
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Line of Separation (2015) (series)
Pojedeme k moři (2014)
Četníci z Luhačovic (2017) (series)
Petr Čtvrtníček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Czech Soda (1998)
Smoke (1990)
Anděl Páně 2 (2016)
Vladimíra Havlíčková
Best movies:
The Old Blunderbuss Mystery (2011) (TV movie)
Stuck with a Perfect Woman (2016)
All or Nothing (2017)
Matěj Vlček
Best movies:
The Spooks (2016)
Petra Ben Messaoud
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
I Will Not Be Silent (2017) (TV movie)
Vysoká hra (2020) (TV movie)
Matěj Kraus
Best movies:
The Spooks (2016)