Six Black Girls (1969)
Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious manuscript, the Infernal Psalter of the Occult Sciences by Master Peregrinus from the eleventh century, written in a secret script which has only recently been deciphered by senior lecturer Zajíc (Josef Chvalina). Chaos is reigning in the labyrinth of passages and halls of the former monastery where the library is housed. In order to save space the director of the library has introduced a peculiar system. The books are arranged in the bookcases according to height and six girls dressed in black, the library assistants, are quite happy to cut volumes down to size in case of need. Boruvka refuses the case, since he is specialist in murders. He has to return to the investigation, however, when senior lecturer Zajíc disappears.
Director:
Ladislav Rychman
Writers:
Josef Škvorecký, Ladislav Rychman.
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Lubomír Lipský as Borůvka |
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Zdeněk Řehoř as ředitel |
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Josef Chvalina as docent Zajíc |
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František Peterka as dr. Libera |
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Vladimír Menšík as vrátný |
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Václav Trégl as prof. Tejlibenovský |
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Josef Kemr as |
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Miroslav Trpák as |
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Helena Růžičková as Ema Krkavcová |
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Iva Janžurová as Dáša, sekretářka |
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Marcela Nohýnková as |
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Zuzana Šavrdová as |
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Olga Blechová as |
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Dana Klossová as |
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Stanislava Koutská as |
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Ivana Mudrová as |
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Karel Linc as |
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Eva Svobodová as |
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Jiří Krytinář as |
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Lola Skrbková as |
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Vítězslav Černý as |
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Eugen Jegorov as |
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Bedřich Šetena as |
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Vilém Lipský as |
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Luisa Kollingerová as |
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Zbyněk Vaňous as |
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Yvonne Kodoňová as |
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Jan Kotva as |
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Věra Kramešová as |
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Jan Maška as |
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Marie Popelková as |
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J. Bartoš as |
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Jiří Horký as |
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Bohumil Rod as |
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Pavel Zradička as |
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H. Cermanová as |
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J. Hyniová as |
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M. Kulhánková as |
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N. Lukšová as |
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Ismenia Siegelová as |
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H. Veselá as |
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Marcela Vraná as |
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V. Zátková as |
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I. Horská as |
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Jindřich Sejk as |
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M. Přívětivý as |
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K. Přívětivý as |
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M. Kamarýtová as |
| Directing | Ladislav Rychman | Director |
| Writing | Josef Škvorecký | Screenplay |
| Writing | Ladislav Rychman | Screenplay |
| Writing | Josef Škvorecký | Short Story |
| Directing | Jiří Hartman | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Milan Klacek | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zdenka Barochová | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Věra Kalábová | Dramaturgy |
| Crew | Radovan Kalina | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Rudolf Milič | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Rudolf Milič | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Karel Hurský | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Oldřich Bosák | Production Design |
| Art | Adolf Born | Art Direction |
| Art | Jiří Forst | Set Decoration |
| Art | Miloslav Dvořák | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zdena Kadrnožková | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libuše Zíková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Václav Volk | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Zdena Prchlíková | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Sound | Ladislav Hausdorf | Sound |
| Production | Eliška Nejedlá | Production Manager |
| Production | Jiří Zika | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Vladislav Špidra | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Vít Pešina | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Jiří Bažant | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jiří Malásek | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Vladimír Bor | Creative Producer |
| Production | Jiří Šebor | Executive Producer |