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Smyk

  • 1960
  • Czechoslovakia
  • feature film - Thriller
  • 104 min.
  • Location shooting / Berlin story line

short description

After a car crash František is asked to spy for the West Germans disguised as a clown, soon he realises he has been lied to.

Cast

Actor/-ess
Jiří Vala (Franz König / František Král)
Jiřina Jirásková (Luisa Kopacek)
Jiřina Švorcová (Marie, Franz wife)
Walter Taub (Clown Kopacek)
Ivan Palec (Václav Král)
Josef Vinklář (Kubes)
Jarmila Kurandová (Mother Králová)
Libuše Matějová (Marie)
Josef Kozák (Karel Kopácek)
Jan Kühmund (porter in vaudeville)
Frantisek Miska
Jaroslav Moučka (VB Member)
Jindřich Narenta
Karel Pavlík (Father)
Václav Podhorský (Kubes st.)
Jan Pohan (Man on the Train)
Ota Sklenčka (Masseur)
Jiří Smutný (Border Guard)
Zdeněk Štábla (Man with Briefcase)
Karel Vlach (vaudeville orchestra conductor)
Milena Zahrynowská (Dancer in a Bar)
Miroslav Zounar (Franz as student)

Camera & Light

Director of photography
Jan Kališ
Assistant camera / focus puller
Oldřich Hubáček
Saša Rašilov
Optical effects
Vladimír Dvořák
Jan Kališ
Milan Nejedlý

Music

Music
Jiří Sternwald
František Škroup (Kde domov můj)
Conductor
František Belfín
Karel Vlach
Singer
Karel Höger (Svět je veliká koule)
Sbor Sbor (Internacionála)
Music-Production
Filmový Symfonický Orchestr
Orchestr Karla Kraugartnera
Lyrics
Pavel Kohout

Companies

Production company
Filmové studio Barrandov