Bethlehem Light

Mar 10, 2022

1h 39m

★ 4.0

Overview

A well-known writer now aged 75 is aware of his increasing age and the risk that his literary style will grow worn. His everyday existence is enlivened by characters from his stories, who tend to enter reality in unexpected ways, at various stages of completeness and with all kinds of strange demands.

Genres

Comedy

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Cast

Karel Šejnoha

Zdeněk Svěrák

Helena Šejnohová

Daniela Kolářová

Vendula Velebová

Tereza Ramba

Matěj / Mário Písecký

Vojtěch Kotek

Jarmila

Jitka Čvančarová

Bohumil

Vladimír Javorský

Vojta

Martin Polišenský

Bakalář

Ondřej Vetchý

Ludmila

Patricia Schumann

Máša

Alena Doláková

Veleba

Petr Reidinger

pohřebák

Miroslav Táborský

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