Currency and Peace

Jul 1, 1988

1h 30m

★ 6.8

Overview

Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.

Genres

Drama

Crime

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Martin

Jan Potměšil

Eva

Veronika Jeníková

Robert

Josef Nedorost

Hary

Tomáš Hanák

Bíny

Roman Skamene

Bankéř

Miloslav Kopečný

Martin's Dad

Vítězslav Jirsák

Benák

Miloš Čálek

Karel

František Švihlík

Kovo

Ludvík Pozník

Jiří Fero Burda

French

Marta Kadlečíková

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