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Mandrake
Mandrake

Mandrake

He was 15 – an innocent from a small village, soon to be trapped in the erotic underworld of Prague.

Genres

Drama

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Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and becomes a male prostitute. He is a bit smarter than his colleagues and teams up with a friend, David, in order to go after bigger scores – to cash in and get out. They manage to stash away a bit of money, but when it comes time to return home, Marek loses his nerve and is soon back in the city.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

126 mins

Rating

5.679/10

Release Date

22 October 1997

Country

Czech Republic

Cast

Miroslav Čáslavka

Miroslav Čáslavka

Marek

David Švec

David Švec

David

Pavel Skřípal

Pavel Skřípal

Honza

Kostas Zerdaloglu

Kostas Zerdaloglu

Krysa

Miroslav Breu

Miroslav Breu

Libor

Jiří Kodeš

Jiří Kodeš

Otec

Karel Polišenský

Karel Polišenský

Saša

Richard Toth

Richard Toth

George

Jiri Pachmann

Jiri Pachmann

Mr. Franta

Pavel Kočí

Pavel Kočí

Rudy

Jitka Smutná

Jitka Smutná

Krysa's Wife

Jiří Kaftan

Jiří Kaftan

Břetislav Farský

Břetislav Farský

Michell Turchetti

Michell Turchetti

Tomáš Petrák

Tomáš Petrák

Pavel Weisser

Pavel Weisser

Michal Fait

Michal Fait

Steve Fisher

Steve Fisher

Pavel Fuchman

Pavel Fuchman

Michael Halstead

Michael Halstead

Petr Vostárek

Petr Vostárek

Pavel Šedivý

Pavel Šedivý

Vladimír Souček

Vladimír Souček

Tomáš Doležal

Tomáš Doležal

Petr Molek

Petr Molek

Zdeněk Heinc

Zdeněk Heinc

Ivo Kopunec

Ivo Kopunec

Jiří Lazebníček

Jiří Lazebníček

Martin Hospůdka

Martin Hospůdka

František Horváth

František Horváth

Ondřej Slavík

Ondřej Slavík

Martin Čížkovský

Martin Čížkovský

Jiří Šmaus

Jiří Šmaus

Ivan Špírek

Ivan Špírek

Jana Mikolášková

Jana Mikolášková

Iva Pattersonová

Iva Pattersonová

Tomáš Hrbek

Tomáš Hrbek

Jiří Novotný

Jiří Novotný

Pavlína Nevrlá

Pavlína Nevrlá

Michaela Kubíková

Michaela Kubíková

Marcel Šebek

Marcel Šebek

Tomáš Leicht

Tomáš Leicht

Pavel Krapf

Pavel Krapf

Radek Taraba

Radek Taraba

Jiří Fröhlich

Jiří Fröhlich

Vlastimil Bůžek

Vlastimil Bůžek

Tomáš Tomešek

Tomáš Tomešek

Ondřej Suchopár

Ondřej Suchopár

Petr Cihlář

Petr Cihlář

Václav Procházka

Václav Procházka

Jan Hnětkovský

Jan Hnětkovský

František Jaroš

František Jaroš

Jakub Drocar

Jakub Drocar

Ladislav Černý

Ladislav Černý

Alexander Gabčo

Alexander Gabčo

Michal Zeman

Michal Zeman

Petr Šedý

Petr Šedý

Lukáš Vyvlečka

Lukáš Vyvlečka

Sergey Fedishin

Sergey Fedishin

Jaroslav Krameš

Jaroslav Krameš

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