"FILMEXPORT HOME VIDEO presents" "Karel Höger in" "SCHOOL FOR FATHERS" "Story by / Screenplay by" "Music by Film Symphony Orchestra conducted by" "Oboe solo performed by" "Assistant Director / Set Designer Assistant Architect" "Film Editor / Sound Editors" "Consultant / Associate Producer" "Director's Assistants" "Film Editor Assistant" "Camera Assistants Chief Lighting Technician" "Make Up Artists / Production Designer" "Costume Designer" "Starring" "In Children's Roles" "Featuring" "Produced by" "Produced by" "Director of Photography" "Directed by" "Made by / Creative Group" "Milonice." "Milonice!" "Which way to the square please." "Straight ahead." "Follow those children." " Yes, yes." "(Tavern)" "Trying to throw me out?" "!" "From this pub?" "!" "Do you know that I used to be the boss around here?" "Better stop complaining and go home, you boozer." "He's scared of me." "Damn..." "Let me in!" "Lou..." "Pass me the hat!" "You did that on purpose, you rascal!" "What, what." "It won't be that bad." "Important and all." "It is therefore necessary to supporf our success" "It is therefore necessary to supporf our success and keep..." "Good morning." "...the achieved victory at our school." "Encouraged by this success we will work towards the peaceful future of our country." "End of announcement." "A colleague, unless I'm mistaken." " Pelican." "Pohanka, pleased to meet you." "Take off your coat, comrade." "Here." "Allow me." " Thank you." "And sit down please." "Make yourself at home." "Do you smoke?" "Thank you" "Thank you very much." "Well, excuse me, but this is a bit..." " Yes." "Mere formalities." "I'm glad I have you here." "Your predecessor, comrade Bajtek, fell ill just before Christmas." "He's an old man, near retirement." "He'll probably not return." "I imagined you younger." "Older teachers are unwilling to leave the city." "Especially to come here to the border area." "I have my reasons for coming here." "Naturally, I won't question you." "It's your own business." "I'll do everything to make you feel well around here." "You'll be satisfied with your class." "It's one of the best in this school." "Good morning." "Kotacka comes late and still manages to make a mess of this place." "Kotacka again." "Headmaster!" "Headmaster!" "Comrade Headmaster, class 5.A prepared for Czech language lesson." "39 pupils present." "Missing..." "Kropackova and Janda." "Thank you." "What about the shoes in the corridor?" "Remove them now." "Go ahead." "Sit down." "Boys and girls, I introduce to you your new class teacher, comrade Pelican." "Dear comrade teacher, I welcome you to our exemplary school." "I welcome you to our class, which always strives to maintain its reputation and which always fulfilled its tasks with honour." "I hereby promise you, dear comrade teacher, in the name of the Pioneer Organization and our class that we'll not let go which shall build... shall build ...and shall build..." "That's enough." "Thank you for your warm welcome." "I believe that under the command of comrade Pelican you'll carry on making our school proud." "Good bye." " Good bye." "Kotacka will come to my office during break." "Sit down, children." "What is your name?" " Blazenka Bedrnova." "And what's your name?" "Lou Kotacka." "Louis Kotacka." "You didn't like what your friend said?" " He's not my friend." "What is it with you two?" " Sir!" "He's a reactionary." "Reactionary?" "Why so?" " He doesn't want to join the Pioneers." "Rubbish!" "We don't want him!" "His father is a reactionary!" "And what does this reactionary mean exactly?" "Well?" "You." "What's your name?" "Vaclav Janouch." "What's a reactionary?" " Reactionary?" "Reactionary is when..." " Don't know?" "Why are you using words that you don't understand?" "Children, reactionary is a mossback." "Mossback." "Remember that." "Janouch, write mossback on the board." "Mossback." "Is it correct?" "Order, children!" "Did Janouch write it correctly?" "Yes?" " The bell rung." "I heard it, Blazenka." "Well, Janouch." "Double s." "Why don't you raise your hand if you know?" "Hm, straight A's." "Janouch, sit down." "We'll do a dictation during the next lesson." "Blimey." "He says he has his reasons." "There may be various kinds of reasons." "Excuse me?" "Thank you." "Did you see him?" "Not bad, right?" " Well..." "Good morning." "New colleague." "Welcome." "I'm Burian, staff patriarch." " Pelican." "This is colleague..." " Matousek." "Deputy Headmaster." " Pleased to meet you." "And this is our junior." "Novotna." " Pelican." "This is Mrs. Pavlickova." " Soukupova." "Krejcik." "Zalesak." "I see you've introduced yourselves." "Here." "This will be your place." "Excuse me." "Comrade Matousek." "For a moment, please." "What about your family?" "Will they not miss you?" "We have no children." "My wife is employed." "Must be one excellent class." "Colleague Bajtek did not spare A's." "Already?" "And then Charlie, I mean Mr. Pohanka, became a headmaster, you know." "He was a teacher for a shorf while before, but had good connections." "Well, here we are, sir." "Well, chum, no one wanted to move in, so they left it for teachers." "Here." "That's it." "Not everything is as it should be." "You'll get used to it." "This way, sir." "It was vacant for some time." "It's a bit..." "Well, I stuffed it well, chum." "You'll sleep like a baby." "I'll heat up a little and all will be fine." "Thank you." "This is terrible." "Don't worry, it'll stop soon." "Ah, dictations." "I'm surprised you're wasting your time with it." "Charles." "Is that you?" "Yes, it's me." "Stove as you see." "You live here?" " Yes." "Would you like to come in for some tea?" "Make yourself comforfable." "Have some sugar." " Thank you." "Listen Ann..." " Come in, Charles, we have a visitor." "Good evening." " Good evening." "I was passing by and we bumped into one another." "I think I'll go." "Thank you for the tea." "I don't want to disturb you." "Good night." " Good night." "You should have stayed." "So, children." "Why are you crying?" "Do you think you deserved a better grade?" "Let's correct the dictation." "Write." "Correction." "Say it aloud." "What is it with you two?" " Nothing, sir." "Janouch will tell us." "Well?" "Nothing, sir." "Janouch said that..." " Not me!" "Blaha said that you don't know how to dictate." " That's not true." "It's just that comrade Bajtek dictated differently." "Show us how." "Well?" "Mowers replaced scythes." "Carry on." "Lion on our state emblem is a symbol of Czech bravery." "That's enough, Blaha." "Sit down." "So, this is how teacher Bajtek dictated." "He was kind to us." "Right." "Kind." "Don't kill each other." "Running like crazy." "What is this?" "Watch out." "Good afternoon, sir." " Good day." "Off to lunch, are you?" "They cook the best at Deer's Pub." "Who's that?" "You don't know him?" "It's the old teacher Bajtek." "He was a..." " Avery kind person." "I know." "Good bye." "Sir, come back and teach us." "Good day." "Show me." "This will be good." "It'll work." "Set it up!" "Your nerves snapped, right?" "Send it here!" "Sleeping or something?" "Twenty four in three throws." "Well, Frankie, you need to know how to release it." "Show us how." " Watch." "Welcome, colleague." "Come and join us." "It's nice of you to choose this pub." "Good evening." "Friends, this is colleague Pelican from Brno, reinforcement to our staff." "Dobrovolny, Bedrna, Fiser." "Good evening." "How about some bowling?" "Will you join us?" "Excuse me." "Stop walking on the lane!" "Lou." "Come with me." "Must be some patron!" " Who'll be setting the pins now?" "Take it easy, friends." " Am I supposed to set them up?" "We'll handle it somehow." "Forgive me, but this is no place for a boy." "Well, my colleague is right." "Lou." "Hush!" "Where are you off to?" "Who will set up the pins?" "Off!" "This child is going home." "Ah, Mr. Wise guy." "Child." "You mean this brat?" "Child!" "What business is this of yours?" "I'm his teacher." "Teacher or not." "I'm a bigger authority!" "Is this your father?" "No." " Shut it and set them up!" "Hurry, will you?" "!" "Stop making a fuss." "Come now, come." "Easy, easy." "Colleague, excuse me." "May I?" " Go ahead." "Have a seat." "Don't worry about that." "It was nice of you to stand up for that boy." "But you just make troubles for yourself." "What a boy is that Kotacka?" "Just a sad case." "His mother is living with such a..." "The boy is impenitent." "You'll hardly change him." "If you accept advise from an old man, don't get involved in anything here." "Just do what is asked of you." "And what is asked of me?" "It's like this." "Children are inane and parents are not far better." "They want good grades from you." "Give it to them." "But that's not right." "They want us to bring up educated and honest people." "Who wants this from us?" "I know the headmaster and I quickly realized what he wants from teachers." "Reports, get it?" "Reporfs." "Nice figures for his statements." "So I provided them and all was fine." "Get it?" "Fine." "I get it." "You were fine and children are ruined." "Right in the beginning of their lives, you presented them with dishonesty." "Dishonesty?" "You're telling me this after I've told you in good faith..." "Forgive me, sir." "I didn't mean to insult you." "What kind of a person are you?" "Eat some more." "I ate enough." "Where are you going?" "I have to go to an after-school class." "After-school class?" "What's that?" "I don't know." "It's probably because of that dictation." "What dictation?" "Well, nothing." "We had a dictation." "Show me your exercise book." "Well?" "Will I be waiting long?" "E?" " It's the new teacher." "He's picking on me." "Don't cry, Vinnie." "You won't go to any after-school class." "I'll sort this out with the teacher myself." "I'll show him..." "...a symbol of bravery." "Good morning, sir." "Are you alone here?" " Yes, sir." "There you have it." "No one came." "No one." "Why did you come?" " My mother told me to." "Go home, Vera." "Good bye." " Vera..." "You're a good girl." "Good bye." " Good bye." "I really got it this time." "Because of you." "Comrade Janouchova visited me." "You should have heard her." "Not a chance." "You won't convene an after-school class like this." "You starfed too abruptly and here's the result." "Don't forget that these are country children." "They have a harder shell, they are plain." "On the other hand they are tougher and more persistent." "After all, you'll see for yourself tomorrow." "Tomorrow?" "Your class is playing against 5.B tomorrow." "They did not invite you?" " They didn't." "Put it in, Frank!" "Geez, hold tight, guys!" "Pour some sand on!" "The headmaster understands nothing." "Why is he getting involved at all?" "That was no goal." " He doesn't know how to referee." "That was wrong face off, right?" "This is not possible." "Why aren't you coming in, boys?" " Good morning." "It's Pioneer's game." "They don't want to take him in." "That's not true." "I don't want in." "But you could at least go inside." "I'm not interested." "Let's go, guys." "Good morning, sir." " Good morning." "I'd like to speak to you." " All right." "There cannot be a reason for that boy standing behind the fence unable to join his classmates." " What do you have here?" "Comrade Pelican doesn't understand why I can't take Kotacka into the Pioneer Organization." "He's a well known scoundrel." "His grades are poor, troubled family." "He'd spoil other children." "I've already told you that..." " A hopeless case, I remember." "You think Pioneers fit only to boys from good families and Kotacka and alike should go straight to prison." "What's he talking about?" "He won't take it easy." "They needed to get rid of him somewhere, so they've sent him here." "What do you want?" "He tripped me." "Stop barking." "Stop barking." "Come on." "Stop." "That's it." "Come on, stop." "Down." "Good day!" " Good morning." "Come on, stop that now." "I have to apologize." "For yesterday, you know?" "I knew that you'll take your words back." "I didn't mean that." "You must understand that we cannot punish children for mistakes of parents." "See, I'm shouting again." "I like that you get heated up about things." "I heard the headmaster saying that he's here for punishment." "For punishment!" "Our mother said..." "Hey, stop bragging about your predecessors, will you?" "My father could get him relocated to never-never land." "Stop bragging!" " Stop it!" "I have an idea, guys!" "Let's not reply to him today." "As a punishment for the dictation." "Stop being bossy." "What if I don't feel like it?" "You?" "Did you hear that?" "Kotacka is becoming a toady!" "Comrade teacher, class 5.A is prepared..." "Thank you." "Good morning, children." "Sit down." "Luke!" "Sit down." "Magda." "Today we will..." "Who'll clean that up?" " The janitor will." "Luke, go fetch comrade janitor and tell him that Blaha asks him to sweep the floor." " Oh no, not that." "Hold it, Robin changed his mind." "Last time we were discussing line segment and straight line." "Who'd like to draw a line?" "Come on." "Children." "You, Blaha." "Come to the board." "Draw a straight line." "And now a line segment." "You call that line segment?" "Tell me the difference between straight line and line segment." "You don't know?" "Well?" "Bring me your grade book." "Well, who will tell me?" "Read it out loud." "I'm sure all will be interested." "Show me." "Read." "Don't answer." "Remember the promise." "Did you write this, Janouch?" "No." "Do you think that you can force me to give you better grades?" "I saw no efforf from you during those two weeks I'm here." "Do you expect me to give you A's for free?" "What's the difference between straight line and line segment?" "Sit down, F." "Twenty percent of the class is failing." "Twenty percent." "How could you come to conference with something like that?" "This is unheard of." "There." "This is the opinion of the staff." "Well, comrade Krejcik." "Could comrade Matousek tell us what he considers as unheard of?" "Does he not like the way we intrude on comrade Pelican's classification methods?" "Be serious." "This is not the time for jokes." "Twenty percent." " But it's not about percentage." "Grades unforfunately correspond with my pupils' knowledge." "I don't believe you!" "You can test the children." "What about the reputation of our school?" "Why aren't you debating?" "Who wants to say something?" " Are we at a meeting or something?" "Maybe colleague Pelican should reconsider..." "I've considered enough." "Children are used to receiving good grades for nothing." "Was I to continue in that?" "I'm warning you." "Parents are upset." "They've build a new school and their children bring home poor grades." "That's enough for today." "We'll continue tomorrow." "In principle you are right." "But you shouldn't have gone that far." "You might get into trouble." "Could you step into my office for a while?" "Good bye." " Good bye." "No thank you." "Try to understand me, colleague." "The people in my staff always got along fine." "Reputation of this school is imporfant to me." "There's nothing wrong with that." "But I want to speak about something else." "I hope you'll agree." "It's about Janouch." "You gave him D for Czech language." "Rightly so." "His father is a Regional Chairman and he's helping us a lot, you know?" "I give grades to the son, not to the father." "And how do you explain that he had an A last semester?" "That is because my predecessor was afraid to conduct discussions similar to the one we had today." "You will not meet me on such a trifle?" "This is not a trifle, this is a fundamental thing." "You expect me to budge." "You're used to having your own way." "To be respected." "To be successful." "Right." "Thank you for your frankness." "Chaloupka." "Janouch." "Kalabova." "Kotacka." "That's it." "Dear children." "You may leave." "Good bye." " Good bye." "What's wrong with you?" "I envy you a little." "We shouldn't punish children for the mistakes of their parents." "What did you say?" "You said this." "Exchange of experiences?" "I hope colleague Pelican did not win you over with his teaching methods." "Break your legs while you're at it." "Now, now, comrade." " It's nothing." "Don't forget, friends." "Tonight at the ball." "Take a friendly advise and don't come to the ball tonight." "People here are a little hotheaded." "They've built a school and..." "And their children are bringing home poor grades." "I've heard that." "I wonder what you think about that statement?" "I agree with it." "It's bad when parents think unwisely." "If the headmaster thinks the same way, it's a tragedy." "Good day." " Hi, hi." "He'll soon be crestfallen." "Why are you angry?" "He's actually right." "And am I wrong?" "!" "Good morning." " Hello." "Stop shouting." "You should stand by my side." "But I know what's behind it." "You're living under the same roof." "Good morning." "Annie." "Ah, young sir." "Can't you greet?" " G'day." "Well?" "What about your reporf?" "Show us your results, student." " It's none of your business." "What is it again?" "Stop beating that boy constantly." "Should I listen to him?" "!" "He doesn't want to show his reporf." " Please, just let him be." "As you wish." "I don't have to be here!" "Joe." " Leave me alone!" "I didn't mean it this way." "Stop tormenting me." "Give me the reporf." "Pshaw, three F's." "This scoundrel will never be good for anything." "Hi, mom." " Hi, Vinnie." "Mom, it's wonderful." "Do you like it?" "And now, show me your report." "Well, well, Vinnie." " It's because of the new one." "He takes revenge for being here to be punished." " To be punished?" "How do you know?" " The headmaster said so." "Never you mind." "I'll handle him myself." "Say no word about the E to dad." "I felt so bad." "My boy bringing an E for the first time in five years." "He used to be a straight A student." "Believe me, comrade, I did all I could." " Aw, come on." "You, such a capable man, were unable to handle this petty teacher?" "Everything takes its time." "Hello, come in!" "Come in!" "A second, please." "Finally." "Welcome." "Come in." "I thought you wouldn't come." "Good evening, colleague." " Come on in." "Good evening." " Good evening." "Now we have the entire teaching family nicely together." "Good evening, colleague." "Here he is." "Hello there, teacher." "Have a drink." "You don't want to offend us." "Friends..." "Cheers." "Don't be shy." "Tonight we have plenty." "Right?" "It's all thanks to you." "Our boy brought a salary home." "One F and three E's." "Tell us how much did your boy get!" " Two F's and an E." "What a present." " Stop it." " Wait!" "The teacher deserves it!" "Credit where credit's due." "I'm surprised, comrade or sir or whoever you are, that you have the courage to show your face around here." "Don't bother with him." "Let him drink." "That's it." " Calm down." "I want to have a nice chat with him right tonight." "Leave that for another day." "He was giving, so let him drink it all." "We'll be giving some today too!" "We'll be giving some too!" "Friends, this is not nice of you." "The old man, that was some teacher." "Children loved him." "And we did too!" " Stop it already." "Let's have a drink." "Come for a shot." " I know what I'm doing." "I'll rather have a smoke." "Excuse me." "Colleague." "May I have this dance?" "Teacher!" "Sit down." "Who drew this?" "I didn't know we had such an arfist in class." "Pity he didn't own up." "Sir." "Yes, Janouch?" "I drew it." "You?" " Yes." "Can you draw other birds too?" " Yes." "How about a penguin." "Can you draw one?" "I've never seen one." "You weren't taught by a penguin yet?" "Where does a penguin live?" "Sir!" "Sir!" "On the icebergs." "Does anyone know what he eats?" "Vera." "Catches fish." " Correct." "And imagine that a penguin must catch for his family five kilograms of fish every day." "How many fish would that be if one weighs 250 grams?" "Who's first?" "Vera." " Sir, pick me." "And you?" " Twenty five." " No, thirty!" "That's too much." "The penguin would burst open." "Hold it, kids." "We will discuss penguin feeding in the afternoon." "During the after-school lesson." "What, are you sleeping during the afternoon?" "Let's start our lesson." "Open your readers on page sixty three." "What a bother." "It's so nice outside and we have to sit in here." "So why did you come?" "And why did you?" " He'll fail me again if I don't come." "Good afternoon, children." "Gather around me." "Come on, all of you." "You too, come on." "There." "And now, let's starf working." "I'll tell you your assignment." "But let's first split into two groups." "First one will be lead by..." "...Kalabova for example." "And the second one..." " I will, please, choose me." "Blaha." "And now, pay attention." "Our aim is a syllabic." "First group will follow the road." "Second group will go along the tracks." "I'll give the leaders maps, which will help you solve the tasks..." "Vera!" "Hurray!" "Hurray!" "Hurray!" "Good bye." " Good bye!" "Lou, I've been waiting for you this afternoon." "I'm sorry you didn't come." " I don't want to bother." "Nothing good will ever become of me anyway." "How can you say something like that?" "He says it." "The one living with us." "Lou." "Is that your mother?" "Good day." "I'm Pelican." " Good day." "I wanted to ask you why Lou hadn't come to the after-school class?" "Lou, why didn't you go there?" "He didn't want to let me go." "This is so hard." "I know Mrs. Kotackova." "I'd like to speak to you about it." "Lou." "Lou!" "Watch out, Pioneers!" "Hi." " Hi." "Did you see?" "Our Pelican is with them." "Don't you say." "Boys, run around the rock!" "You don't travel home very often, do you?" "Doesn't your wife miss you?" "I'm sorry to say, she doesn't." " Forgive me, I didn't mean to..." "Don't apologize." "These things happen." "We don't understand one another lately, you know?" "We've got them!" "Hurray!" "Boys!" "Vinnie!" " Lou, don't let him get you!" "Look boys, a gun." "Gee, what's that?" " A revolver." "Lou, lend me the revolver." "Watch out!" "He's got a revolver." "Show me what you have." "Come on." "Where did you get this?" " I found it." "Sir, he was beating me!" " You shouldn't have spied." "Lou, come with me." "Come, children." "Vinnie!" "What are you doing?" "!" "Guys!" "Come here!" "Vinnie, what happened?" "Who did this to you?" "Kotacka." "He had a revolver." "Look what they did to your child." "Wash him then." "You don't care." "What should I do?" "I'm too busy." "You never have time for your family." "You don't care when that scoundrel Kotacka pulls a revolver on your son." "A revolver?" "Come on, tell dad what happened." "Yes." "First he beat me up and then he aimed a revolver at me." "And you didn't do anything to him before that?" "You might not care, but I won't leave this just like that." "Comrade Headmaster..." "Imagine, a revolver." "And he gives it back to the boy!" "He has to go." " We won't let criple our children!" "No, no, we won't let this be!" "Cerfainly, I'll investigate the entire matter." "Let's have a parent meeting!" " You said that right." "We should have done that long ago." " I can't stop you from doing that." "Just don't rush anything." "Good day." "Good day." " Good day." "There you have it, comrade." " Not a bit of shame in him!" "His poor wife." " What an example for children." "Excuse me, I have to go to school." " Just so I don't forget..." "My husband asks you to visit him for a while." " Thank you." "I'll see him this afternoon." "I didn't have time yet to investigate this revolver affair." "But I have evidence that Pelican is favouring Kotacka." "I know he was forcing comrade Novotna to take him into the Pioneer Group." "Comrade Chairman." " Excuse me." "There's another visitor waiting." " Thank you." "And what solution do you propose?" "I'd recommend to take this revolver affair as an excuse and starf disciplinary proceedings against Pelican." "An excuse?" "What do you need an excuse for?" "What do we know about him?" "Why was he relocated here?" "It's strange that he's picking just on the children of officials." "Could he be taking a revenge on children?" "Of course." "Look at your Vinnie." "Such a talented boy and he almost made him fail the semester." "Fail?" "Why are you keeping his reporf secret from me?" "Do you call this upbringing?" " I?" "And how do you bring him up?" "You know that I'm busy." "I have the entire region under me." "Understand that." "The entire region." "Understand that." "That's all I hear." "And you?" "You don't have to understand me?" "What joy do I get from this?" "You come home every now and then you only shout and complain." "Good day." "My name is Pelican." " I've heard about you." "Do you need something from me?" " No, I don't need anything." "I want to speak to you about Vinnie." "Come in, please." "This way." "Sit properly." "Did Vinnie do that?" "I had to fight hard for everything I have in this life." "And my son..." "I don't get it." " It's not that complicated." "You just said it." "You had to work hard for everything." "And your boy gets everything for free." "Nice grades, praise, new bike." "You are the most guilty for what Vinnie did." "Well." "Don't be angry." "I'd like to ask you something." "Why were you transferred to Milonice?" " Transferred?" "It was my own choice." "Family reasons." "How could I explain?" "My marriage went a bit rusty, so we thought a little separation would do us good." " I'm sorry I asked." "Never mind." " This way." "Before I forget." "So, this is the deadly weapon." "Thank you." "Vinnie." "Run." "Vinnie." "Vinnie!" "Vinnie, wait!" "Come in." "I have to warn you." "The headmaster visited Janouch." "They're cooking something against you." "I don't want you get into trouble because of me." "What are you saying?" " I'm so worried about you." "Hi, Zdena." "What are you doing here?" "This is my wife." "Colleague Novotna." "Pelicanova." " Pleased to meet you." "Excuse me." "I won't disturb you." "Allow me." "That was her?" "I don't know what you mean." "Read." "What do you say to that?" "What should I say about something this stupid?" "Anonymous letter." "You sound convincing." "You came just because of that?" "What's wrong?" "!" "Why aren't you sleeping?" "He won't do anything with your bike." "Damn it!" "What are you staring at?" "!" "Where did you put Lou's bicycle?" "What do you want from me?" "!" "Make some coffee and shut up!" "I will not!" "You boozed it away, right?" "!" "What did you say?" "What is it, Lou?" " Please, come quick." "He's beating my mom." "Stay here, Lou." "Lou?" "Parents ask to have you repealed from Milonice." "You must understand that your situation is unsustainable." "I know very well, who is doing this through anonymous letter and..." "Parents are convening a meeting for this evening." "You'll have the opportunity to defend yourself." "Don't worry, I know how to defend myself." "I hope so." "And what about comrade Novotna?" "I don't understand why you are dragging her into this." "Look." "It's sufficient if I tell the parents you've asked to be transferred." "You'll spare yourself and your colleague lot of trouble." "You want to get rid of me." "It doesn't concern only me." "There are parents, regional authorities." "Chairman Janouch is sharing my opinion." "Janouch?" "All right then." "Have it your way." "He's coming." "Stand up." "Good day." "Sir!" "Sir!" "We're moving, sir." "Without him." "Good luck then." "Lou, I won't be teaching you anymore." " Why?" "I'm returning to Brno." " We won't let you go." "The two of us won't change it, Lou." "Lou!" "Good bye, sir." "Honestly, he threw out his own wife because of that teacher." "Honestly, he threw out his own wife because of that teacher." "She had to leave by the evening." " That's terrible." "What's this?" "Gossiping again, right?" "About Pelican." "They should keep quiet." "Why isn't he starfing it?" " I'll tell him." "Comrade Headmaster, could we start already?" "In a moment." "We only wait for comrade Janouch." "I think you should..." " After the meeting..." "Good evening." " Welcome, comrade Chairman." "Excuse me for being late." "I had a meeting." " Never mind." "Good day." " So, how are you all doing?" "Is everything all right?" " Thank you." " Later." "There." "Let's start please." "Dear comrades, I commence the parents' meeting of 5.A." "Yes, comrade Janouch." "Shouldn't we wait for comrade Pelican?" "I don't think comrade Pelican is coming." "He recognized his mistakes and asked me to be transferred." "Order, friends, order!" "Our meeting thus becomes somewhat pointless." "That would be the day!" "He gave Blazenka an F for math and wrote to me:" ""Mrs. Bedrnova, your Blazenka does not know her division."" "So she doesn't." "I wrote back:" ""Our Blazenka knows how to count and you can count on my husband visiting you soon."" "And what about the thing with the teacher?" "What teacher?" "Rumor has it that comrade Pelican is seeing teacher Novotna!" "Say it!" "That doesn't belong here!" "How do you know?" "Well... people say so!" " People say so." "Listen, friends." "Would Mrs. Novotna bother you if Pelican was giving your children straight A's?" "Aren't we looking for an excuse?" "Aren't we really just looking for an excuse?" "Allow me, comrade Chairman, to explain..." "Of course I'll let you." "You'll have to explain much." "Henry!" "You can't leave." "They'd say you admited your defeat." "There are not always only winners and losers." "There might be wounded, too." "But I'll remain alone here." "Ateacher is never alone." "What's wrong with you?" "Don't you know?" "I'll never love anyone like this." "Annie." "Please, don't say anything and go." "Please, go." "Looking for the guilty one, fathers?" "Looking for the guilty one." "Who made him a successful headmaster?" "Who made him a good example for the others?" "Who taught him to find sense in papers, reporfs, numbers and percentages?" "You wanted it from him and he wanted it from us." "But colleague Pelican was honestly following his own cause." "He didn't budge." "And you... or rather we..." "We all were making his life hard every moment we could." "And finally we drove him out." "You're right." "But we can still change it." "Colleague Pelican left Milonice." "He disappointed me." "I thought he'd stay." " Disappointed you?" "What kind of people we are!" "Hitting a man on the head and then surprised when he turns away." "Thinking he had a soft head." "The End"