Synopsis
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor.
Movie Information
- Director
- Otakar Vávra
- Writers
- Otakar Vávra, Zdeněk Štěpánek
- Release Year
- 1938
- Runtime
- 85 minutes
- Genre
- Comedy, History
- Language
- CS
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Status
- Released
- Rating
- 6.6 / 10 (8 votes)
Top Cast
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Mikulas Dacicky of Heslov
Ladislav Pešek
Ocko
Václav Vydra
Wilhelm z Vřesovic
Helena Friedlová
Ludmilla
František Smolík
Alderman Triska
Jiřina Šejbalová
Sofia Triska
Theodor Pištěk
Squire Vodnansky
Antonie Nedošinská
Vodnansky's Wife
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