Currency and Peace
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
90 min
Release Date
1988-07-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
16
Vote Average
6.8
Jan Potměšil
Martin
Veronika Jeníková
Eva
Josef Nedorost
Robert
Tomáš Hanák
Hary
Roman Skamene
Bíny
Miloslav Kopečný
Bankéř
Vítězslav Jirsák
Martin's Dad
Miloš Čálek
Benák
František Švihlík
Karel
Ludvík Pozník
Kovo
Jiří Fero Burda
DJ
Marta Kadlečíková
French
Jaroslav Kohák
Veselý
Miroslav Jíra
Veselý's Son
Bedřich Čapek
Holý
Pavel Spálený
Taxi Driver
Dana Skolková
Barmaid
Vladimír Švabík
Esplanade Gatekeeper
Jan Křížek
Cheif Justice
Miloslav Moravec
Attorney
Jitka Hoferková
Associate Justice
Václav Čížkovský
Džordžo
Ladislav Goral
Gipsy
Zdenek Sirový
Viki
Otto Rambousek
Rampa
Josef Husák
Ladislav Balous
Michal Caban
Matouš Forbelský
Miloslav Halík
Georgi Ivanov
Petr Koutecký
Jaroslav Klenot
Petr Růžička
Jiří Sirotek
Josef Sýkora
Radoslav Špirhanzl
Jiří Štrébl
Petr Weig
Věra Víchová
Lenka Vychodilová
Jan Cmíral
Vlastimil Čaněk
Martin Čumpelík
Karel Engel
Jiří Klenot
Pavel Krátký
Ladislav Lahoda
Miloslav Mejzlík
Miroslav Maruška
Frantisek Stupka
Václav Šrámek
Aleš Najbrt
Martin Vysušil
Pavel Kopenec
Petr Drozda
Viktorie Knotková
Veronika Launová
Jitka Kraferová
Michaela Srbová
Ilja Bernasová
Helena Fleischerová
Monika Herbichová
Andrea Sedláčková
Jitka Svobodová
Lenka Vlachová
Viktor Červenka
Bohumil Hyneš
Martin Janský
Pavel Kunášek
Jaroslav Šimonka
Jaroslav Tomsa
Dimo Lipitkovský
Karel Vávrovec
Vladimír Tišer
Jiří Čakura
Zoltán Farbár
Milan Šenki
Jaroslav Zbilý
Michal Matek
Jiří Petkov
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Antonín Lehký
Jaromír Lukáš
Restaurant Manager
Václav Erban
TV announcer (voice)
Dalimil Klapka
Esplanade Gatekeeper (voice)
Jan Kuželka
Head Waiter in the Hotel (voice)
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