Oil Lamps

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Oil Lamps

1971

1h 41m

5.6(11 votes)

Drama

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In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.

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100 members

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Iva Janžurová

Štěpa Kiliánová

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Petr Čepek

Pavel

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Marie Rosůlková

Mother

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Ota Sklenčka

Father

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Vladimír Jedenáctík

Malina

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Karel Chromík

Vetter Jan

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Jana Plichtová

Manka

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Karel Černoch

Synáček

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Josef Laufer

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Stanislav Remunda

Groman

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Jan Schánilec

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Josef Červinka

dr. Hilmar

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Míla Myslíková

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Václav Halama

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Václav Štekl

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Marie Motlová

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Vlastimila Vlková

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Karel Augusta

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Václav Vondráček

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Jana Sedlmajerová

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Marie Černá

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Marie Hübschová

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Jaroslav Blažek

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Evelyna Steimarová

Karla

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Miloslav Šindler

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Dušan Urgošík

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Ilona Jirotková

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Marian Cingroš

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Jan Kotva

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Zdeněk Grygárek

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Milena Kaplická

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Josef Burda

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Karel Hovorka

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Miloslav Štibich

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Jiřina Jandová

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Otto Ohnesorg

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Vít Pešina

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Olga Przygrodská

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Josef Skrčený

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Miloslav Novák

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Josef Vlček

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Jan Vlček

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Růžena Vlčková

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Václav Vodák

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Vladimír Zoubek

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Margit Harníčková

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J. Havlíková

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Gabriela Ryzcová ml.

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Ladislav Mrázek

Orchestra Manager

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Antonín Kühnel

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Jiří Stehlík

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Jar. Drážďanský

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G. Freiman

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F. Janák

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Robert Kühnel

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P. Řezníček

Musician

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Milan Sivek

Musician

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Jar. Šmatlák

Musician

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Jaroslava Bauerová

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Vlastimil Čáp

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Marie Čápová

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Dagmar Dobrovodská

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Věra Dvořáková

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Růžena Ferencová

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Magda Hanzlíková

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František Havel

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Jan Herodes

Boy

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Olga Hnátková

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Josef Hrbek

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Vl. Kalčíková

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Vincenc Koblitz

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Isabela Koblitzová

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Josef Kočí

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Petra Kodýmová

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Jan Kolaja

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Ladislav Kouklík

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Olga Kutálková

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Světlana Marinovová

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Jiřina Maturová

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Jiřina Merhautová

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Aleš Plhoň

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Antonín Pohořelý

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Magda Prokůpková

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Ota Růžička

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Libuše Slabihoudková

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Antonín Slovák

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Dáša Svobodová

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Věra Ševčíková

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František Šmíd

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Magdalena Šmídová

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Božena Šnajdrová

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Naďa Trifkovičová

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Ludmila Večeřová

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Ladislava Veselá

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Miloš Větvička

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Marie Všetečková

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Josef Zejda

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Františka Zemanová

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Josef Somr

Vetter Jan (voice)

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Jaroslav Satoranský

Synáček (voice) / dr. Hilmar (voice)

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