Movie: Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping

Top 10 Billed Cast

Zdeněk Svěrák
Zdeněk Svěrák

Jára Cimrman

Valerie Kaplanová
Valerie Kaplanová

průvodkyně

Josef Abrhám
Josef Abrhám

divadelní vědec

Petr Čepek
Petr Čepek

arcivévoda / Nývlt

Milena Dvorská
Milena Dvorská

arcivévodkyně

Libuše Šafránková
Libuše Šafránková

Alžběta

Jiří Kostka
Jiří Kostka

císař / Macháně

Míla Myslíková
Míla Myslíková

ředitelka

Václav Král
Václav Král

Vladimír Svitáček
Vladimír Svitáček

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    Czechoslovak comedy film directed by Ladislav Smoljak, about the fictional national hero Jára Cimrman (universal genius, inventor, sportsman, criminalist, poet, writer and philosopher).

  • Release Date

    1983-10-01

  • Average

    8

  • Rating:

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  • Languages:

    Český
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