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The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost

19896.00

Overview

When a typical English mansion is sold, it turns out that an American ambassador is buying the castle with an unusual inhabitant - a 15th-century ancestral ghost, the husband of the original owner, Eleanor de Canterville. The ghost is serving a sentence for a violent act committed against his own wife. And only romantic love, in this case a poetic young man's love for Virginia, the ambassador's daughter, will free the ghost from the curse and the castle from the ghost.

Directed by Vít Olmer
Written by Ivo Pelant, Oscar Wilde
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Top Cast

Jiří Bartoška

Jiří Bartoška

Simon Canterville

Jiřina Bohdalová

Jiřina Bohdalová

Eleonora Canterville

Petr Nárožný

Petr Nárožný

Otis

Naďa Konvalinková

Naďa Konvalinková

Otisová

Michal Dlouhý

Michal Dlouhý

Cecil

U

Ulrika Kotajná

Virginie

Filip Renč

Filip Renč

Washington

J

Jakub Marek

Jack

L

Ladislav Minarik

Dick

Anna Ferencová

Anna Ferencová

paní Umneyová

Themes & Keywords

based on novel or book

About The Canterville Ghost

The Canterville Ghost is a horror, comedy, tv movie film released in 1989 exploring themes of based on novel or book. Directed by Vít Olmer, it stars Jiří Bartoška, Jiřina Bohdalová, Petr Nárožný. When a typical English mansion is sold, it turns out that an American ambassador is buying the castle with an unusual inhabitant - a 15th-century ancestral ghost, the husband of the original owner, Eleanor de Canterville. The ghost is serving a sentence for a violent act committed against his own wife. And only romantic love, in this case a poetic young man's love for Virginia, the ambassador's daughter, will free the ghost from the curse and the castle from the ghost.

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