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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

19756.62h 0m

Overview

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...

Directed by Václav Vorlíček
Written by Petr Markov, Vladimír Kalina, Václav Vorlíček
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Libuše Šafránková

Libuše Šafránková

Jana Vodičková

Jaromír Hanzlík

Jaromír Hanzlík

JUDr. Jindřich Mráček

František Filipovský

František Filipovský

správce půjčovny loděk, Bertík Vodička

Miloš Kopecký

Miloš Kopecký

hlavní český vodník Wassermann

Vladimír Menšík

Vladimír Menšík

Karel Vodička, plavčík

Zdeněk Řehoř

Zdeněk Řehoř

potápěč Alois Vodička, Janin otec

Stella Zázvorková

Stella Zázvorková

doc. Mráčková, Jindřichova matka

Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková

Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková

Polly, Wassermannova dcera

Čestmír Řanda

Čestmír Řanda

Míla Myslíková

Míla Myslíková

Matylda, Wassermannova žena

About How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer is a comedy, fantasy film released in 1975. Directed by Václav Vorlíček, it stars Libuše Šafránková, Jaromír Hanzlík, František Filipovský. There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...

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