Capek's Tales
Genres
Overview
Five crime stories connected by the narration of police superintendent Bartosek.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
106 min
Release Date
1947-09-19
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
5
Vote Average
7.4
Jaroslav Marvan
Bartošek
Vladimír Hlavatý
Hochmann
Jaroslav Průcha
Antonín Záruba
Vladimír Řepa
Gustav Hilmar
Felix le Breux
Ladislav Kulhánek
Lída Chválová
Landová, matka ukradeného dítěte
Jiřina Stránská
Lencová
Blažena Slavíčková
Hochmannová
Milada Smolíková
Sobotková
Ella Nollová
Paľo Bielik
strážmistr Havelka
František Filipovský
policejní agent Pištora
Arnold Flögl
starosta
František Kovářík
Juraj Čup
Antonie Nedošinská
Máry
Theodor Pištěk
Karel Hampl
Lola Skrbková
Marina Matejová
František Smolík
Stařec, boží svědek
Vladimír Šmeral
Ferdinand Kugler
Emil Bolek
Karel Svoboda
Helena Bušová
Terezie Brzková
Antonín Šůra
Antonín Jirsa
Jaroslav Vojta
Vilém Pfeiffer
Ondrej Jariabek
Věra Kalendová
František Sauer
Jára Kohout
Darja Hajská
Alois Dvorský
Světla Svozilová
Ladislav Sedláček
Jan S. Kolár
Rudolf Široký
Jan W. Speerger
Blanka Waleská
Eduard Dubský
Antonín Kandert
František Marek
Jaroslav Zrotal
Marie Nademlejnská
Běla Jurdová
Marie Kautská
Ludmila Burešová
Marie Ježková
Jindra Hermanová
Ferdinand Jarkovský
Bohuš Hradil
Václav Švec
František Roland
Ota Motyčka
Viktor Očásek
Stanislav Remunda
Vojtěch Záhořík
Josef Oliak
Miloš Šubrt
Bedřich Bozděch
Antonín Holzinger
Zdeněk Dítě
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