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Žena, která ví, co chce

Aug 17, 1934

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Overview

Woman concert star seeks to connect with her adult daughter, by her former marriage to a staid industrialist who has kept the two apart since the girl was very small, and receives inadvertent help from the industrialist's just-fired employee who has fallen in love with the girl.

Genres

Comedy

Production Companies

Meissner Film Prague

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Cast

Manon Cavallini

Markéta Krausová

Alexander Rón

Jiří Steimar

Věra

Truda Grosslichtová

Babetta

Růžena Šlemrová

Anatol Veverka

František Paul

Klika

Zvonimir Rogoz

Jan Rožek

Vladimír Borský

Dr. Stejskal

Karel Třešňák

Impressario

Antonín Holzinger

Stenotypist

Věra Ferbasová

Office Manager

Josef Kotalík

Theater Manager

Josef Zezulka

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