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Čas pracuje pro vraha

Čas pracuje pro vraha

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Crime

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Vera, wife of the plumber Simandl (Josef Somr), is found murdered in the cinema next to the IDOC (Information and Documentation) agency where she worked. Police captain Marha (Frantisek Nemec), who is leading the investigation, is informed by Simandl that on the day of the murder Vera promised to bring home fifty thousand crowns to buy a car. Marha's primary suspects are the three men working at the agency: deputy editor-in-chief Brandl (Jirí Pleskot) and editors Pernata (Eduard Cupák) and Remes (Ludek Munzar, and of course also Simandl.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

84 mins

Rating

4.2/10

Release Date

01 February 1980

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

František Němec

František Němec

kriminalista kapitán Jindřich Marha

Luděk Munzar

Luděk Munzar

redaktor Remeš

Eduard Cupák

Eduard Cupák

redaktor Václav Pernata

Josef Somr

Josef Somr

instalatér Antonín Šimandl

Oldřich Vlach

Oldřich Vlach

kriminalista nadporučík Smutný

Jiří Pleskot

Jiří Pleskot

Dr. Brandl, náměstek ředitele

Jaroslav Drbohlav

Jaroslav Drbohlav

poručík Filipec

Alena Procházková

Alena Procházková

Lýdie Mouchová

Jiří Zahajský

Jiří Zahajský

Adolf Filip

Adolf Filip

Bohumila Dolejšová

Bohumila Dolejšová

Ladislav Lakomý

Ladislav Lakomý

Jiří Bruder

Jiří Bruder

Robert Vrchota

Robert Vrchota

Karel Koloušek

Karel Koloušek

Karel Hábl

Karel Hábl

Ilona Jirotková

Ilona Jirotková

Božena Böhmová

Božena Böhmová

Ema Skálová

Ema Skálová

Bohumil Šmída

Bohumil Šmída

Ivan Hruška

Ivan Hruška

Vladimír Navrátil

Vladimír Navrátil

Zdeněk Blažek

Zdeněk Blažek

Jiří Lír

Jiří Lír

Shift Manager

Zdeněk Braunschläger

Zdeněk Braunschläger

Karel Hovorka

Karel Hovorka

Václav Štekl

Václav Štekl

Vlastimil Zavřel

Vlastimil Zavřel

Eduard Pavlíček

Eduard Pavlíček

M. Březina

M. Březina

Josef Střecha

Josef Střecha

Zbyněk Šmíd

Zbyněk Šmíd

Jaroslav Tichý

Jaroslav Tichý

Miloš Vavruška

Miloš Vavruška

Jiřina Zemanová

Jiřina Zemanová

Zdeněk Hess

Zdeněk Hess

Milan Charvát

Milan Charvát

Otto Lackovič

Otto Lackovič

František Kubíček

František Kubíček

Tomáš Kožíšek

Tomáš Kožíšek

Vladimír Ptáček

Vladimír Ptáček

Bert Schneider

Bert Schneider

Jana Vacíková

Jana Vacíková

Raoul Schránil

Raoul Schránil

Michael Tarant

Michael Tarant

Marta Srovnalová

Marta Srovnalová

Vladimír Linka

Vladimír Linka

Miloslav Šindler

Miloslav Šindler

Mirko Musil

Mirko Musil

Shift Manager (voice)

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