Skalní ševci

Cobblers belongs to the popular subgenre of Czechoslovak cinema, which responded with its own humor to the realities of the past. Three cobblers run their businesses in the house that belongs to Betty Kysilková. The bodacious Theodor Pištěk, Eman Fiala with an old man's mask, and František Sauer with a strange appearance as a slipper maker. They all have apprentices of a different nature, and my ideal is, of course, Fanda Mrázek. The landlady's rather peaceful life of nagging is upset by the order of a new pair of boots from the lieutenant. The adorable Edy Fohr is played adorably by Čeněk Šlégl and represents the love storyline in the second plan. He is in awe of a girl from a better family, Ella (the charming Máňa Ženíšková). Unfortunately, Ella is unaware that due to the competitive fight in the shoemakers' workshops, Edy has come to see her in spare small boots, and he thus loses his entire reputation. A minor flaw is the fact that nobody bothered to dress Miss Ženíšková in Art Nouveau, but she played the whole role in the latest models. The highlight of the film is the expedition to Chuchle, which is played ab absurdum into perfect epicenters of humor. By then, wet geese are flying through the air, the jovial cobblers are falling into the Vltava River due to a cloudburst, and before stopping at the inn they were casually puking into the ditch. And now the question is, who did Betty choose in the end. Anyone would have been suitable as a groom, and only Bambous and Čumpelík combined their workshops into a single representative plant. (20.06.2012)