The Pipes (1966)
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife. When he kills his rival, it is only when he is strapped to the electric chair that he realizes that this is his last live scene. The second episode has the wife of an elderly British nobleman having an affair with the young gamekeeper of their estate. Part three finds a peasant woman taking a lover when her husband goes off to fight the war.
Director:
Vojtěch Jasný
Writer:
Vojtěch Jasný
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Walter Giller as George Randy |
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Gitte Hænning as Mary Randy |
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Juraj Herz as William Poker |
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Václav Lohniský as Director |
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Jaroslav Štercl as Jurs |
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Karel Effa as |
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Josef Hlinomaz as |
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Vladimír Hrubý as |
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Stanislav Litera as |
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Vladimír Menšík as |
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Nadja Tiller as |
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Oldřich Velen as |
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Adolf Filip as |
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Vladimír Ptáček as |
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Josef Elsner as |
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Jana Brejchová as Lady Mary |
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Richard Münch as Lord Edward Grayton |
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Vít Olmer as Lord William |
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Jan Kačer as |
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Jana Andresíková as |
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Vivi Bach as Else |
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Gerhard Riedmann as Kurt |
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Waldemar Matuška as Marcello |
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Miloš Kopecký as George Randy (voice) |
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Jiřina Jirásková as Mary Randy (voice) |
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Felix le Breux as Lord Edward Grayton (voice) |
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František Hanus as Pipe Seller (voice) |
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Zdeněk Řehoř as Priest (voice) |
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Iva Janžurová as Else (voice) |
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Jiří Sovák as Kurt (voice) |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Executive Producer |
| Production | Blažej Vráb | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Milan Chladil | Vocals |
| Camera | Josef Vaniš | Director of Photography |
| Art | Jiří Rulík | Set Decoration |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Directing | Jaromír Dvořáček | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Renée Lavecká | Unit Production Manager |
| Writing | Bedřich Kubala | Creative Producer |
| Camera | Václav Helliman | Camera Operator |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Zapletal | Costumer |
| Production | Jaroslav Jílovec | Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Petřina | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Ilya Ehrenburg | Book |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zdeňka Bauerová | Costume Design |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Sound | Svatopluk Havelka | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Judita Čeřovská | Vocals |
| Sound | Dobroslav Šrámek | Sound |
| Production | Günter Raguse | Production Manager |
| Crew | Josef Koníček | Choreographer |
| Sound | Karel Gott | Vocals |
| Art | Jan Zázvorka | Production Design |
| Directing | Vojtěch Jasný | Director |
| Writing | Vojtěch Jasný | Screenplay |