Shoesmachine

Sep 24, 1954

1h 41m

★ 0.0

Overview

The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Studio uměleckého filmu Praha

Shoesmachine Trailers

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Cast

Factory Boss

Vítězslav Vejražka

Josef Horák

Vilém Besser

Marie Dornáková

Eva Kubešová

Manager Antonín

Zdeněk Řehoř

Lojza Andres

Oldřich Vykypěl

Jakub

Petr Skála

Ort

Ota Sklenčka

Elsa

Marie Vášová

Sram

Rudolf Hrušínský

Lojzka Andresová

Božena Böhmová

Horáková, Josk's mother

Jarmila Kurandová

agitator Nikodým

Oldřich Lukeš

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