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Hotel for Strangers

Hotel for Strangers

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A gifted poet checks into a Gothic hotel in hopes of meeting the woman with whom he has long been enamored. He is surrounded by a variety of offbeat characters like the hefty homosexual cook, shadowy clerks, snooty waiters, and valets prone to violence. He finally meets the woman of his dreams only to lose her and ultimately meet with tragedy.

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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

103 mins

Rating

5.8/10

Release Date

24 March 1967

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

Petr Čepek

Petr Čepek

Petr Hudec

Táňa Fischerová

Táňa Fischerová

Veronika

Marta Krásová

Marta Krásová

Rosická

Vladimír Šmeral

Vladimír Šmeral

Blech

Evald Schorm

Evald Schorm

Curate

Josef Somr

Josef Somr

Receptionist

Jiří Hrzán

Jiří Hrzán

Kája

Jiří Pleskot

Jiří Pleskot

Hotel trustee

Jiřina Jirásková

Jiřina Jirásková

Marie

Ladislav Mrkvička

Ladislav Mrkvička

Vladimír

Jiří Kodet

Jiří Kodet

Jiří

Jiří Menzel

Jiří Menzel

Pot-boy

Jan Libíček

Jan Libíček

Hynek

Waldemar Matuška

Waldemar Matuška

Otomar

Evald Schorm

Evald Schorm

Evelyna Steimarová

Evelyna Steimarová

Ruzena (as Evelyna Juhanová)

Václav Kotva

Václav Kotva

Štěpánka Řeháková

Štěpánka Řeháková

František Husák

František Husák

Bohumil Koška

Bohumil Koška

Irena Šubrtová

Irena Šubrtová

Josef Borovian

Josef Borovian

Ivana Frýdová Bissingerová

Ivana Frýdová Bissingerová

Petr Kopřiva

Petr Kopřiva

N. Kröschlová

N. Kröschlová

Š. Říhová

Š. Říhová

P. Šnajdar

P. Šnajdar

L. Dražan

L. Dražan

Jan Kačer

Jan Kačer

Narrator (voice)

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