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Lovec senzací

Lovec senzací

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Journalist E. E. Kisch tells crime stories from old Prague, which he himself experienced in the years before World War I and recorded in his reports and stories: he participated in the discovery of the real murderer of a rich innkeeper, attended the wedding of a beggar's son with the daughter of a complacent rich man, and witnessed the mysterious murder of a money-changer's uncle.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

76 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

01 February 1989

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Josef Laufer

Josef Laufer

Egon Erwin Kisch

Jozef Kroner

Jozef Kroner

Mendel Mändl

Leoš Suchařípa

Leoš Suchařípa

Samek

Wolfried Lier

Wolfried Lier

Inspector Binder

Alf Marholm

Alf Marholm

Chief Editor

Ute Christensen

Ute Christensen

Soňa

Eduard Linkers

Eduard Linkers

Hermann Kisch

Ilja Racek

Ilja Racek

Pacovský

Jan Schmid

Jan Schmid

Magdalena Reifová

Magdalena Reifová

Hana Hegerová

Hana Hegerová

Zdeněk Srstka

Zdeněk Srstka

Luděk Kopřiva

Luděk Kopřiva

Robert Vrchota

Robert Vrchota

Jiří Holý

Jiří Holý

Jan Skopeček

Jan Skopeček

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

Hugo Kaminský

Hugo Kaminský

Jan Přeučil

Jan Přeučil

Akram Staněk

Akram Staněk

Emil Hakl

Emil Hakl

Ladislav Krečmer

Ladislav Krečmer

Vladimír Hlavatý

Vladimír Hlavatý

Vítězslav Jandák

Vítězslav Jandák

Aleš Najbrt

Aleš Najbrt

Hana Packertová

Hana Packertová

Karel Smrž

Karel Smrž

Bohumil Koška

Bohumil Koška

Magdalena Šebestová

Magdalena Šebestová

Ladislav Brothánek

Ladislav Brothánek

Jan Víšek

Jan Víšek

Vladimír Kotrlík

Vladimír Kotrlík

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

Inspector Binder (voice)

Jan Teplý

Jan Teplý

Chief Editor (voice)

Naďa Konvalinková

Naďa Konvalinková

Soňa (voice)

Mirko Musil

Mirko Musil

Hermann Kisch (voice)

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