The Hard Life of an Adventurer

Top 10 Billed Cast

Otomar Korbelář
Otomar Korbelář

Fred Flok alias Konzul Binder alias Komisar Niklas alias Ing. Benda

Ladislav Pešek
Ladislav Pešek

Karel Kryspín alias Charles Crispin

Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová

Helena Rohanová

Jaroslav Marvan
Jaroslav Marvan

Tichý, policejní inspektor

Karel Dostal
Karel Dostal

Dr. Seidl

Karel Černý
Karel Černý

Vladimír Řepa
Vladimír Řepa

Karel Hradilák
Karel Hradilák

Rudolf Hrušínský
Rudolf Hrušínský

František Filipovský
František Filipovský

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    A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

  • Release Date

    1941-11-28

  • Average

    6.3

  • Rating:

    3.1 starts
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    Český
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