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The Dynamite Watcher
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The Dynamite Watcher

1963-10-04 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 7.0

Drama

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.

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Directors
Zdenek Sirový, Hynek Bočan, Jaromil Jireš
Production companies
FAMU
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Eman FialaEman FialaFrantišek Milec
Eva SvobodováEva SvobodováMilcová
L. H. StrunaL. H. StrunaMartínek
Ladislav KazdaLojza
Ladislav MrkvičkaLadislav Mrkvička
Zdeněk KutilBlaschke
Jaroslav RaušerGlaser
Jaroslav MoučkaJaroslav Moučka
Oldřich Šembera
Václav TréglVáclav Trégl
Josef Steigl
Olaf Petřina
Aleš Pivoňka
Jarmila Smékalová
Ladislav Válek
Bohuš ZáhorskýBohuš Záhorský
Miroslav Nohýnek
Alexandr PostlerAlexandr Postler
Petr KostkaPetr Kostka
Martin RůžekMartin Růžek

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