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Capek's Tales

Capek's Tales

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ComedyCrime

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Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

106 mins

Rating

7.4/10

Release Date

19 September 1947

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Jaroslav Marvan

Jaroslav Marvan

Bartošek

Vladimír Hlavatý

Vladimír Hlavatý

Hochmann

Jaroslav Průcha

Jaroslav Průcha

Antonín Záruba

Vladimír Řepa

Vladimír Řepa

Gustav Hilmar

Gustav Hilmar

Felix le Breux

Felix le Breux

Ladislav Kulhánek

Ladislav Kulhánek

Lída Chválová

Lída Chválová

Landová, matka ukradeného dítěte

Jiřina Stránská

Jiřina Stránská

Lencová

Blažena Slavíčková

Blažena Slavíčková

Hochmannová

Milada Smolíková

Milada Smolíková

Sobotková

Ella Nollová

Ella Nollová

Paľo Bielik

Paľo Bielik

strážmistr Havelka

František Filipovský

František Filipovský

policejní agent Pištora

Arnold Flögl

Arnold Flögl

starosta

František Kovářík

František Kovářík

Juraj Čup

Antonie Nedošinská

Antonie Nedošinská

Máry

Theodor Pištěk

Theodor Pištěk

Karel Hampl

Lola Skrbková

Lola Skrbková

Marina Matejová

František Smolík

František Smolík

Stařec, boží svědek

Vladimír Šmeral

Vladimír Šmeral

Ferdinand Kugler

Emil Bolek

Emil Bolek

Karel Svoboda

Karel Svoboda

Helena Bušová

Helena Bušová

Terezie Brzková

Terezie Brzková

Antonín Šůra

Antonín Šůra

Antonín Jirsa

Antonín Jirsa

Jaroslav Vojta

Jaroslav Vojta

Vilém Pfeiffer

Vilém Pfeiffer

Ondrej Jariabek

Ondrej Jariabek

Věra Kalendová

Věra Kalendová

František Sauer

František Sauer

Jára Kohout

Jára Kohout

Darja Hajská

Darja Hajská

Alois Dvorský

Alois Dvorský

Světla Svozilová

Světla Svozilová

Ladislav Sedláček

Ladislav Sedláček

Jan S. Kolár

Jan S. Kolár

Rudolf Široký

Rudolf Široký

Jan W. Speerger

Jan W. Speerger

Blanka Waleská

Blanka Waleská

Eduard Dubský

Eduard Dubský

Antonín Kandert

Antonín Kandert

František Marek

František Marek

Jaroslav Zrotal

Jaroslav Zrotal

Marie Nademlejnská

Marie Nademlejnská

Běla Jurdová

Běla Jurdová

Marie Kautská

Marie Kautská

Ludmila Burešová

Ludmila Burešová

Marie Ježková

Marie Ježková

Jindra Hermanová

Jindra Hermanová

Ferdinand Jarkovský

Ferdinand Jarkovský

Bohuš Hradil

Bohuš Hradil

Václav Švec

Václav Švec

František Roland

František Roland

Ota Motyčka

Ota Motyčka

Viktor Očásek

Viktor Očásek

Stanislav Remunda

Stanislav Remunda

Vojtěch Záhořík

Vojtěch Záhořík

Josef Oliak

Josef Oliak

Miloš Šubrt

Miloš Šubrt

Bedřich Bozděch

Bedřich Bozděch

Antonín Holzinger

Antonín Holzinger

Zdeněk Dítě

Zdeněk Dítě

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