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.
Stars: Oldo Hlaváček, Helga Čočková, Svatopluk Matyáš, Helena Blehárová, Miroslav Homola, Zdena Hadrbolcová
Crew: Karel Steklý (Story), Karel Steklý (Screenplay), Věra Líznerová (Production Design), Karel Lukáš (Set Decoration), Vladimír Dvořák (Art Direction), Ondrej Brezovský (Costumer)
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Český
Studio: Filmové studio Barrandov
Runtime: 95 minutes
Quality: HD
Released: Mar 29, 1973
IMDb: 8
Keywords:political satire
