The House of the Five Squirrels
1944, Czech. Directed by Miroslav Cikán.
Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgiving good man who allows himself to be ruthlessly oppressed by his proud wife, Filoména, and secretly fixes her problems with the tenants. He lends rent money to two poor painters and bribes offended maids just to keep the house quiet. He would like to restore the old soap factory in the house, but Filoména promotes more profitable garages. And since neither of them wants to back down, Houbička eventually leaves the house after one of the arguments. He makes friends with the innkeeper Pulec, who runs the not-so-prosperous inn At the Leaky Jug...
- Runtime
- 1h 20m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Miroslav CikánDirector
- Míla Páčovádomácí Filoména Houbičková
- Jindřich Plachtadomácí Josef Houbička
- Růžena Naskovámajitelka hodinářství Bety Mráčková
- Jana Romanováhodinářka Míla, dcera Mráčkové
- Eva Klenováfotografka Lída, dcera Mráčkové
- Jan Pivecmalíř portrétista Jan Rezek
- Ladislav Pešekmalíř krajinář Jiří Holec
- Jaroslav Průchamydlář Antonín Aloyz
- Jaroslav Marvanhostinský "U děravého džbánu" Jan Pulec
- František Kreuzmannpodnikatel Anatol Kozel
- Helena Bušováslužka u Houbičků Stázi
- Jana Dítětováslužka u Houbičků Růžena
Details
- Released
- 25 February 1944
- Original title
- U pěti veverek
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Marta Russová, Miroslav Rutte
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The House of the Five Squirrels runs 80 minutes (1h 20m).
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The House of the Five Squirrels isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 25 February 1944. (Checked 14 November 2026.)
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If you liked The House of the Five Squirrels, try Secluded, Near Woods, My Sweet Little Village, Duplex.
Who directed The House of the Five Squirrels?
The House of the Five Squirrels (1944) was directed by Miroslav Cikán and stars Míla Páčová, Jindřich Plachta, Růžena Nasková.