School Is the Foundation of Life (Škola základ života) 86 years old

Seventh form pupils at a grammar school in Přívlaky are preparing for a secondary school sports competition. Class creep Krhounek gives the class teacher Lejsal a copy of the seventh form’s magazine Roar. Most of the teachers insist on severe punishing the culprit. The author does not own up and consequently the whole class is punished by being banned from taking part in the schools competition. The most gifted pupil, Benetka, rather sharply criticises the school in a homework essay on a subject of his choice. The strict Czech language teacher is convinced Benetka is the author of the school magazine. Benetka denies the charge but his expulsion from school is proposed anyway on account the views he expounded in his essay. Eventually, Boukal, the author of the school magazine comes forward and admits to writing it. The pupils are allowed to take part in the contest and thanks to Benetka they win. In the meantime however the teachers vote to expell him.

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School Is the Foundation of Life Cast

Name Character
Marta Májová as Anna, manželka ředitele gymnázia
František Filipovský He was 31, 86 years old when he died as septimán Ludvík Krhounek
Jaroslav Marvan He was 36, 72 years old when he died as profesor češtiny Kolísko
František Smolík He was 47, 81 years old when he died as profesor přírodopisu Gábrlík
Josef Kemr He was 16, 72 years old when he died as tercián Vávra
Jaroslav Průcha He was 40, 65 years old when he died as nezaměstnaný dělník Jindřich Benetka
Gustav Hilmar He was 47, 76 years old when he died as školník Mleziva
Ladislav Pešek He was 32, 79 years old when he died as septimán Áda Čuřil
Čeněk Šlégl He was 39, 70 years old when he died as profesor tělocviku Lusk
Theodor Pištěk He was 43, 65 years old when he died as ředitel gymnázia
Karel Postránecký He was 40, 76 years old when he died as profesor dějepisu Mykiska
Zdeňka Baldová She was 53, 73 years old when she died as matka kvintána Živného
František Kreuzmann st. as profesor latiny Lejsal, třídní septimy
Václav Trégl He was 35, 76 years old when he died as profesor matematiky Ludvík Koďousek
Lola Skrbková She was 36, 76 years old when she died as profesorka přírodopisu Suchánková

School Is the Foundation of Life Crew

Name Department
Martin Frič as Director. He was 36 (66) years old when He died Directing
Václav Wasserman as Screenplay. He was 40 (68) years old when He died Writing
Jan Stallich as Director of Photography. He was 31 (66) years old when He died Camera
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School Is the Foundation of Life (86 years)

  • Release day: Friday, November 11, 1938
  • Runtime: 92 minutes