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Intimate Lighting
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Intimate Lighting

1965-04-08 · 73 min · ★ 6.7

Drama · Comedy

Two classically trained musicians and childhood friends - one a successful cellist in Prague, the other a violinist who makes his money playing provincial funerals - reconvene on the eve of a small-town symphony concert.

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Directors
Ivan Passer
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

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Karel BlažekBambas
Zdeněk BezušekZdeněk BezušekPetr
Věra KřesadlováVěra KřesadlováŠtěpa
Jan VostrčilJan VostrčilGrandfather
Jaroslava ŠtědráMarie
Vlastimila VlkováVlastimila VlkováGrandmother
Karel UhlíkPharmacist
Miroslav CvrkKája
Dagmar ŘedinováYoung Marie
Jiří RůžičkaJiří Růžička
Martin Štědrý
Josef Hart

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