
When the Cat Comes(1964)
While old Oliva tells a group of children about his life as a sailor and how he met Diana and her cat with sunglasses, a strange circus arrives in town.


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...

Libuše Šafránková
Jana Vodičková

Jaromír Hanzlík
JUDr. Jindřich Mráček

František Filipovský
správce půjčovny loděk, Bertík Vodička

Miloš Kopecký
hlavní český vodník Wassermann

Vladimír Menšík
Karel Vodička, plavčík

Zdeněk Řehoř
potápěč Alois Vodička, Janin otec

Stella Zázvorková
doc. Mráčková, Jindřichova matka

Eva Trejtnarová-Hudečková
Polly, Wassermannova dcera

Čestmír Řanda

Míla Myslíková
Matylda, Wassermannova žena
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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