Directed by:
Martin Hollý ml.Screenplay:
Tibor VichtaCinematography:
Karol KrškaComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Vlado Müller, Milan Kiš, Květa Fialová, Hana Kováčiková, Juraj Ďurdiak, Štefan Kožka, Jiří Holý, Jaroslav Rozsíval, Elo Romančík, František Dibarbora (more)Plots(1)
This drama about the effects of economic depression during the first Czechoslovak Republic is based on the tragic fate of two people of different backgrounds. The owner of a tailor’s shop decides to hire a murderer for himself as to save his family from going bankrupt with the money of his own life insurance. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
Vlado Müller
Czechoslovakia
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Milan Kiš
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Květa Fialová
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Hana Kováčiková
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Juraj Ďurdiak
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Štefan Kožka
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Jiří Holý
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Jaroslav Rozsíval
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Elo Romančík
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František Dibarbora
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Slávo Drozd
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Luděk Kopřiva
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Václav Sloup
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Ján Kramár
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Benjamín Michalský
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Ivan Palúch
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Norina Bobrovská
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Vladimír Kostovič
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