The Galoshes of Happiness

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.

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

Juraj Herz

Július Vašek