Obecná škola

It is shortly after the war, and ten-year-old Eda Souček is also attending the boys' class of one of the schools on the outskirts of Prague with his friend Tonda. Like the other classmates, Ed and Tonda completely ignore the resigned teacher Max's attempts at teaching and are more interested in the color of her panties than in the subject matter. It is not surprising that one day the teacher goes crazy and a new teacher takes her place. His name is Igor Hnízdo and he is different from all the teachers the boys have met up to that time. He wears a military uniform, has a real pistol on his belt, and immediately establishes a strict regime in the classroom, which also includes a very nimble cane and engaging narratives about war experiences, through which the teacher intersperses the taught material. Although his methods are unexpectedly effective, very soon clouds begin to gather over the teacher. Not only do some not quite believe his heroic stories, but his weakness for the fairer sex begins to show. The disgraced tram driver's wife, whom Hnízdo leaves for the sake of coquettish students, the Fabián twins, writes a report and the teacher is threatened with punishment for a moral offence. Although Eda, like the others, stands up for his favorite teacher, he begins to realize that the real hero for him is not in fact the flamboyantly heroic teacher, but his meticulous father Fanouš Souček, with his unobtrusive, mundane yet real heroism.