Directed by:
Václav VorlíčekCinematography:
Vladimír NovotnýComposer:
Vítězslav HádlCast:
Libuše Šafránková, Jaromír Hanzlík, František Filipovský, Miloš Kopecký, Vladimír Menšík, Zdeněk Řehoř, Stella Zázvorková, Eva Hudečková, Čestmír Řanda st. (more)Plots(1)
A legendary comedy about the last of the Czech water sprites and an unyielding housing administrative clerk. The water sprites need wet premises for survival but the situation is soon to change as one of them receives a new dry flat as a reward. But the sprites decide to avert the situation by (not)liquidating Dr. Mráček, the lawyer. A number of special effects was created by the DoP Vladimír Novotný who managed to create interesting effects without further processing and post-production. It is also the first film that Jiří Maxa, whom we honour in our Tribute to Jiří Maxa, worked on. (Ostrava Kamera Oko)
(more)Cast
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
František Miroslav Doubrava
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Raoul Schránil
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Christian (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Miloš Vavruška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Ilona Jirotková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Oil Lamps (1971)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Mirko Musil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Karel Augusta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Jan Cmíral st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Ball Lightning (1978)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
Karel Vavřík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
Adolf Filip
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rozčarovaní (1982) (TV movie)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Long Live Ghosts! (1977)
Vítězslav Černý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Valerie Čižmárová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
'Okay, Boss...!' (1977)
Zdeněk Braunschläger
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
The Stolen Airship (1966)
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Karel Houska
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Petr Hanus
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
Tři mušketýři (2002) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Miloslav Homola
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
An Uncertain Season (1987)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Miroslav Čermák
Best movies:
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer (1974)
We'll Kick Up a Fuss Tomorrow, Darling... (1976)
Fear (1963)
Stanislav Hájek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Elementary School (1991)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)