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The Galoshes of Happiness (1987)

The Galoshes of Happiness (1987)

Fantasy Family
Release Date: 1987, April 1
Directors: Juraj Herz
Countries: Austria, Germany, Czechoslovakia
Production: Omnia Films, Slovenská filmová tvorba, MR TV-Film, ZDF, ORF
Cast: Tereza Pokorná-Herzová, José Luis López Vázquez, Vladimír Javorský, Miroslav Donutil, Jan Hrušínský, Andrej Hryc, Marek Brodský, Jana Brejchová, Towje Kleiner, Vlado Müller

Overview:

The Slippers of Happiness is another film made by the Slovak Film Production in co-production with West German companies based on classic world fairy tales. After Slovak folk tales [The Greatest Peck in the World, Salt Over Gold] and the works of German fairy tale writers Wilhelm Hauff [The False Prince] and the Brothers Grimm [The Land of the Thrush's Beard, Perinbaba], screenwriter Alex Koenigsmark and director Juraj Herz were inspired by the famous fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen. It tells the story of slippers that the Fairy of Fortune enchanted so that they would fulfill every human wish and thus bring people happiness. The filmmakers humorously transferred the plot from Copenhagen to old Prague.