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Currency and Peace
Currency and Peace

Currency and Peace

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DramaCrime

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Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

90 mins

Rating

6.8/10

Release Date

01 July 1988

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Jan Potměšil

Jan Potměšil

Martin

Veronika Jeníková

Veronika Jeníková

Eva

Josef Nedorost

Josef Nedorost

Robert

Tomáš Hanák

Tomáš Hanák

Hary

Roman Skamene

Roman Skamene

Bíny

Miloslav Kopečný

Miloslav Kopečný

Bankéř

Vítězslav Jirsák

Vítězslav Jirsák

Martin's Dad

Miloš Čálek

Miloš Čálek

Benák

František Švihlík

František Švihlík

Karel

Ludvík Pozník

Ludvík Pozník

Kovo

Jiří Fero Burda

Jiří Fero Burda

DJ

Marta Kadlečíková

Marta Kadlečíková

French

Jaroslav Kohák

Jaroslav Kohák

Veselý

Miroslav Jíra

Miroslav Jíra

Veselý's Son

Bedřich Čapek

Bedřich Čapek

Holý

Pavel Spálený

Pavel Spálený

Taxi Driver

Dana Skolková

Dana Skolková

Barmaid

Vladimír Švabík

Vladimír Švabík

Esplanade Gatekeeper

Jan Křížek

Jan Křížek

Cheif Justice

Miloslav Moravec

Miloslav Moravec

Attorney

Jitka Hoferková

Jitka Hoferková

Associate Justice

Václav Čížkovský

Václav Čížkovský

Džordžo

Ladislav Goral

Ladislav Goral

Gipsy

Zdenek Sirový

Zdenek Sirový

Viki

Otto Rambousek

Otto Rambousek

Rampa

Josef Husák

Josef Husák

Ladislav Balous

Ladislav Balous

Michal Caban

Michal Caban

Matouš Forbelský

Matouš Forbelský

Miloslav Halík

Miloslav Halík

Georgi Ivanov

Georgi Ivanov

Petr Koutecký

Petr Koutecký

Jaroslav Klenot

Jaroslav Klenot

Petr Růžička

Petr Růžička

Jiří Sirotek

Jiří Sirotek

Josef Sýkora

Josef Sýkora

Radoslav Špirhanzl

Radoslav Špirhanzl

Jiří Štrébl

Jiří Štrébl

Petr Weig

Petr Weig

Věra Víchová

Věra Víchová

Lenka Vychodilová

Lenka Vychodilová

Jan Cmíral

Jan Cmíral

Vlastimil Čaněk

Vlastimil Čaněk

Martin Čumpelík

Martin Čumpelík

Karel Engel

Karel Engel

Jiří Klenot

Jiří Klenot

Pavel Krátký

Pavel Krátký

Ladislav Lahoda

Ladislav Lahoda

Miloslav Mejzlík

Miloslav Mejzlík

Miroslav Maruška

Miroslav Maruška

Frantisek Stupka

Frantisek Stupka

Václav Šrámek

Václav Šrámek

Aleš Najbrt

Aleš Najbrt

Martin Vysušil

Martin Vysušil

Pavel Kopenec

Pavel Kopenec

Petr Drozda

Petr Drozda

Viktorie Knotková

Viktorie Knotková

Veronika Launová

Veronika Launová

Jitka Kraferová

Jitka Kraferová

Michaela Srbová

Michaela Srbová

Ilja Bernasová

Ilja Bernasová

Helena Fleischerová

Helena Fleischerová

Monika Herbichová

Monika Herbichová

Andrea Sedláčková

Andrea Sedláčková

Jitka Svobodová

Jitka Svobodová

Lenka Vlachová

Lenka Vlachová

Viktor Červenka

Viktor Červenka

Bohumil Hyneš

Bohumil Hyneš

Martin Janský

Martin Janský

Pavel Kunášek

Pavel Kunášek

Jaroslav Šimonka

Jaroslav Šimonka

Jaroslav Tomsa

Jaroslav Tomsa

Dimo Lipitkovský

Dimo Lipitkovský

Karel Vávrovec

Karel Vávrovec

Vladimír Tišer

Vladimír Tišer

Jiří Čakura

Jiří Čakura

Zoltán Farbár

Zoltán Farbár

Milan Šenki

Milan Šenki

Jaroslav Zbilý

Jaroslav Zbilý

Michal Matek

Michal Matek

Jiří Petkov

Jiří Petkov

Head Waiter in the Hotel

Antonín Lehký

Antonín Lehký

Jaromír Lukáš

Jaromír Lukáš

Restaurant Manager

Václav Erban

Václav Erban

TV announcer (voice)

Dalimil Klapka

Dalimil Klapka

Esplanade Gatekeeper (voice)

Jan Kuželka

Jan Kuželka

Head Waiter in the Hotel (voice)

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