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The Death of Black King
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The Death of Black King

1972-03-31 · 115 min · ★ 5.2

Comedy · Crime

Prague in the 1930s. A young, pretty girl gets on a crowded tram. She immediately catches the attention of a young man who not only appreciates the girl's charm, but also tries to steal her handbag discreetly. And so we meet one of the main characters of the film, a swindler, pickpocket and generally strange being Josef Kořínek alias Pépi. In addition to him, the story is populated by other characters from the Prague outskirts. Of course, the film also features the shrewd councilman Vacátko and his inseparable investigators Brůžek and Bouše. They have a sad duty - to track down the murderer of the collector Krále, who was found dead and who lost a sum of money on the way from the bank that could interest many people from his surroundings...

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Directors
Jiří Sequens
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Jaroslav MarvanJaroslav MarvanVacátko, Police Councilor
Josef BláhaJosef BláhaJosef Bruzek
Josef VinklářJosef VinklářJosef Bouse
Vlastimil BrodskýVlastimil BrodskýLudvík Král
Jana BrejchováJana BrejchováMagda Králová
Antonie HegerlikováAntonie HegerlikováKrálová
Josef SomrJosef Somr
Josef KemrJosef KemrFranc Florián
Stanislav FišerStanislav FišerPépi Korínek
Walter TaubWalter TaubProkurista Hrádek
Jaroslav MoučkaJaroslav MoučkaStanda Kopecný
Nina PopelíkováNina PopelíkováAunt in Brodu
Petr ČepekPetr ČepekVili Berger
František HanusFrantišek Hanus
Carmen MayerováCarmen Mayerová
Zdeněk DítěZdeněk Dítě
Ota SklenčkaOta Sklenčka
Jiří SmutnýJiří Smutný
Jaroslav MarešJaroslav Mareš
Antonín JedličkaAntonín Jedlička

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