Líza Soars to the Skies

Feb 12, 1938

1h 42m

★ 5.7

Overview

The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local poorhouse and has to go out begging. Her guardian Petr Tumlíř, however, sees that she is competent enough to go to school.

Genres

Romance

Drama

Production Companies

Europafilm

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Cast

Líza

Zdenka Sulanová

Dr. Petr Tumlíř

Rolf Wanka

učitelka Karla Sýkorová

Zita Kabátová

Sýkora

Jiří Plachý

Sýkorová

Růžena Šlemrová

Dr. Nečas

Bedřich Vrbský

Dr. Leiner

Bedřich Veverka

starosta Rejlek

Karel Černý

starostova žena

Ella Nollová

Jarka, syn Rejlkových

Rudolf Hrušínský

Brdlička

Jaroslav Marvan

Brdličková

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