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Švédská zápalka

1983-05-21 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 3.3

Drama · Crime · TV Movie

The aging police commissioner, who has a twenty-five-year-old fiancée, Olga, is disturbed at his sixtieth birthday party by the news from the administrator Psekov that his master, the cornet Klyausov, has been murdered. A commission, headed by an investigating judge, is sent to the estate of the debauched nobleman. The decisive evidence is a Swedish match.

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Directors
Jiří Svoboda
Production companies
Československá televize Praha
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Josef SomrJosef Somr
Josef AbrhámJosef Abrhám
Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf Hrušínský
Jiří MenzelJiří Menzel
Libuše ŠafránkováLibuše Šafránková
Jan SchmidJan Schmid
Ladislav KřiváčekLadislav Křiváček
Oldřich VlachOldřich Vlach
Josef Fousek
Ladislav ŽupaničLadislav Županič
Zuzana Schmidová
Václav KotvaVáclav Kotva
Jan PřeučilJan Přeučil
Karel AugustaKarel Augusta
Pavel Robin

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