Three Wishes
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The sad hero of the story, Petr, an ordinary lawyer in a construction company, is crowded into a small apartment in Žižkov with his wife and grandparents, desperately struggling with the lack of money. One day he offers an old man a seat on a crowded trolley bus and is generously rewarded for his good deed, for the unknown old man is a fabulous grandfather. He gives Peter a magic bell and the opportunity to make three wishes, but the first two slip through his fingers. For the third, the astonished man must take time to think...
Status: Released
Released Date: 1963-06-21
Runtime: 94 mins
Director: Elmar Klos, Ján Kadár
Spoken language: English, Český, Français, Deutsch
Genres: Comedy, Drama
Original title: Three Wishes
Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov
Production Countries: Czechoslovakia
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