Čapek's Tales

Čapek's Tales
Čapek's Tales
Directed by	Martin Frič
Written by	(Karel Čapek original book); Martin Frič; František Vlček; Jaroslav Zák
Starring	Jaroslav Průcha
Cinematography	Jan Roth
Edited by	Jan Kohout
Release date	19 September 1947;
Running time	106 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Čapek's Tales (Czech: Čapkovy povídky) is a 1947 Czechoslovak drama film directed by Martin Frič, based on 5 short detective stories by Karel Čapek. It was nominated for the Grand International Award at the Venice Film Festival, 1947.^[1]

Cast

Jaroslav Průcha as Zedník Zaruba
Jaroslav Marvan as Bartosek, Police Superintendent and narrator
Lída Chválová as Paní Landová
František Kovařík as Juraj Cup
Vladimír Šmeral as Ferdinand Kugler
František Smolík as Starec, witness
František Filipovský as Police Agent Pistora
Paľo Bielik as Police Chief Havelka
Theodor Pištěk as Karel Hampl
Antonie Nedošinská as Mary
Gustav Hilmar as Senate President

References

^ "Čapkovy povídky". csfd.cz. Retrieved 5 February 2011.

External links

Čapek's Tales at IMDb

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