Cathy and the Ghosts

The little school girl, Kačenka Mahlerová, finds herself in hospital with an acute appendix. In order not to be sad after the operation, another patient, the old man Franz Swoboda, who is in hospital because of his heart, tells her fairy tales. After some time the Mahler's family gets a letter from a notary. Mr. Swoboda left Kačenka real estate in Vienna. But in the Austrian capital, the Mahlers find out that it was a kind of Greek gift. It is a closed and moss-grown House of Horror, a former attraction of the amusement park in Prater. The owner of a shooting gallery, Mrs. Seidlová, tells them that two profiteers have an itch for the ground under the house. They want to build a gambling house there instead. Kačenka is the only one who believes in ghosts, so she manages to liven up three dummies for an hour by pendulum. The hypnotist, Caligari, the beautiful Elvíra and the witch Berta become friends with Kačenka. Two villains try to destroy the attraction, but the livened up ghosts punish them. On top of that, Caligari forces them to pay for the transport of the dismantled house to Bohemia. Boxes with parts of the house and the dummies are put by carrier in the garden of the house belonging to Kačenka's grandparents and her uncle Pavel, a village postmaster. Caligari builds the house at night. Neighbours are shocked, although the house does not have its usual spooky equipment. The father wants to rebuild the house for living. Berta changes into a dog and they set off with Elvíra and Caligari to Prague.