Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
Marta Dekasová works as a governess in a garrison town. The beautiful girl is the center of attention of many men, but she only desires Lieutenant Varga, who is married and rejects her. Desperate, Marta throws herself into the arms of the most intrusive of her suitors, and is then dismissed in disgrace. She goes to Prague to live with her friend Kiki, becomes a bar singer, and continues her journey down the sloping surface. Hope for a new life dawns on her when a young student falls in love with her, but just then Varga appears in the bar and rekindles her unquenched feelings...
Director:
František Čáp
Writers:
František Čáp, Václav Krška.
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Hana Vítová as Marta Dekasová |
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Svatopluk Beneš as Rudolf Kala |
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Gustav Nezval as Varga |
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Marie Glázrová as Helena Vargová |
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Adina Mandlová as Anča alias Kiki |
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Rudolf Hrušínský as Michal Lary |
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Jaroslav Marvan as Martin zamestnavatel |
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Elena Hálková as Milostivá paní |
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Renée Lavecká as Mášenka |
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Marie Blažková as |
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Eduard Kohout as Leopold |
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Anna Steimarová as |
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Anna Gabrielová as Soňa |
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Čeněk Šlégl as Šéf baru |
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Vladimír Štros as |
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Elsa Vetešníková as |
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Bobina Prošková as |
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Majva Červená as |
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Václav Pecián as |
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Josef Oliak as |
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Jan W. Speerger as |
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Jiří Vondrovič as |
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Fráňa Vajner as |
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Josef Kotapiš as |
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Marie Holanová as |
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Ada Karlovský as |
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Lola Skrbková as |
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Helena Hradecká as |
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Darja Hajská as |
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František V. Kučera as Party guest |
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Vasil Truchlý as |
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Luděk Marold as |
| Directing | František Čáp | Director |
| Writing | Vojtěch Mixa | Novel |
| Camera | Ferdinand Pečenka | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Antonín Zelenka | Editor |
| Sound | František Šindelář | Sound |
| Writing | K.M. Walló | Lyricist |
| Production | Vilém Brož | Production Manager |
| Writing | František Čáp | Screenplay |
| Directing | František Milič | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Fernand Vácha | Costume Design |
| Writing | Václav Krška | Screenplay |
| Sound | Roman Blahník | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Jaromír Holpuch | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jan Zázvorka | Production Design |
| Production | Oldřich Papež | Production Manager |