Hroch
1973, Czech. Directed by Karel Steklý.
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.
- Runtime
- 1h 35m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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- Released
- 29 March 1973
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Karel Steklý
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Hroch runs 95 minutes (1h 35m).
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Hroch isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 29 March 1973. (Checked 30 October 2026.)
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Who directed Hroch?
Hroch (1973) was directed by Karel Steklý and stars Oldo Hlaváček, Helga Čočková, Svatopluk Matyáš.