Co je platno kárat, co je platno kázat (1978)
The story of how it turned out when a young lawyer tried to intellectually elevate a cute dancer from Prague's bohemian milieu. Journalist Šmíd introduces his long-time lover, a cheerful but simple girl Fanynka, to his friend, a young lawyer. He decides to take good care of the girl, buying her gifts and even furnishing her with a nice apartment. When he is called up to the army, he asks his friend Šmíd to look after Fanynka for him. After all, he himself intends to employ her and educate her intellectually. He gives her the task of reading serious literature once a week, about which the girl is to give him extensive testimony in a letter. But Fanynka soon starts to get fed up with the intellectual diet...
Director:
Jan Matějovský
Writer:
Jiří Fried
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Milena Steinmasslová as |
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Jaroslav Drbohlav as |
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Oldřich Vízner as |
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Miriam Hynková as |
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Otto Šimánek as |
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Robert Vrchota as |
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Martin Štěpánek as |
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Jana Dolanská as |
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Ludmila Roubíková as |
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Božena Riesnerová as |
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Vladimír Lebeda as |
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Bohumil Šeda as |
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Roman Hemala as |
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Miloslav Homola as |
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Karel Knechtl as |
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Jiří Knot as |
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Jan Šváb as |
| Directing | Jan Matějovský | Director |
| Sound | Jiří Zelenka | Sound |
| Camera | Alois Nožička | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | Svatava Sophová | Costume Design |
| Writing | Jiří Fried | Screenplay |
| Sound | Jiří Malásek | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jiří Bažant | Original Music Composer |
| Editing | Marie Pačajová | Editor |
| Writing | Eduard Bass | Short Story |
| Camera | Jan Novák | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Miloš Horák | Camera Operator |
| Directing | Jana Švábová | Assistant Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jitka Pazderová | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Vladimír Dousek | Camera Operator |
| Crew | Marie Loucká | Dramaturgy |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vladimír Valter | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Jiří Dvořáček | Production Manager |
| Sound | Dana Matějková | Vocals |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Art | Aleš Voleman | Set Designer |
| Writing | Ivo Fischer | Lyricist |