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Jan 16, 1997

1h 50m

★ 8.0

Overview

This production of Ostrava TV Studios was inspired by actual events which occurred in the Ostrava region of Moravia during the 1920s and 1930s. A hedonistic bon vivant of a lawyer named Zajícek (played by Václav Postránecký) came up with a sophisticated finance speculation scheme which exceeded the bounds of law. When discovered it became one of the most closely-followed First Republic scandals.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Česká televize

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Cast

Václav Postránecký

Koubková

Markéta Hrubešová

Viktor Preiss

Radoslav Brzobohatý

František Řehák

František Němec

Jan Hartl

Veronika Forejtová

Rudolf Hrušínský

Jan Fišar

Václav Mareš

Vítězslav Jandák

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