1978

1h 46m

7.5(56 votes)

Comedy

Crime

Science Fiction

Overview

When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...

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142 members

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Michal Dočolomanský

Detective Nick Carter / Larry Matejka

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Rudolf Hrušínský

komisař Ledvina

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Miloš Kopecký

baron Rupert von Kratzmar

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Ladislav Pešek

profesor Albín Boček

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Naďa Konvalinková

Květuška

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Václav Lohniský

komorník

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Květa Fialová

hraběnka Thunová

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Olga Schoberová

Karin

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Martin Růžek

baron Franz von Kaunitz

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Karel Effa

špeh

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Zdeněk Dítě

ředitel hotelu

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Vladimír Hrabánek

uvaděč v šantánu

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Myrtil Frída

host

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Writing

Jiří Brdečka

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Vítězslav Černý

řezník

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Petr Brukner

Kuřátko

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Milan Mach

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Vladimír Hrubý

pilot

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Milivoj Uzelac

Conductor

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Jan Kotva

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Ladislav Krečmer

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Pavel Kudláček

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Vilém Lipský

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Václav Cihelka

Musician

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Leoš Holan

Musician

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Petr Hornych

Musician

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Jiří Mach

Musician

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Vladimír Navrátil

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Zdeněk Růžička

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Josef Vašátko

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Miloš Vychytil

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Vladislav Vychytil

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Jiří Vančura

Dwarf

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Jiřina Bílá

Lady

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Lena Birková

Lady

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Hana Brejchová

Lady

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Lorna Vančurová

Lady

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Běla Jurdová

Lady

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Jiřina Koucká

Lady

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Jarmila Orlová

Lady

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Eva Přidalová

Lady

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Marie Popelková

Lady

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Jitka Zelenohorská

Lady

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Jiří Kosek

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Andrea Andreánská

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Zdena Heřmanová

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Isabella Tylínková

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Milena Kaplická

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Jana Sedlmajerová

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Hana Šterclová

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Marcela Vraná

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Miroslav Chochola

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Jiří Kraus

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Antonín Kramerius

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Jan Prokeš

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Petr Popelák

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Helena Růžičková

host v šantánu

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Miloš Rozhoň

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Pavel Robin

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Jiří Šašek

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Miloslav Svoboda

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Václav Štekl

host v šantánu

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Václav Štercl

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Zdeněk Srstka

špeh

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Karel Šott

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Viktor Rindler

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Miloslav Novák

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Ivana Beranová

Dancer

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Dana Daňková

Dancer

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Dana Horáková

Dancer

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Elena Lindauerová

Dancer

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Jindřiška Šulcová

Dancer

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Marcela Šulcová

Dancer

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Eva Tichá

Dancer

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Jitka Vašutová

Dancer

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Jiří Bureš

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Miloš Kuchyňka

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Lubomír Přidal

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Miroslav Dvořák

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Josef Pechanec

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Miroslav Polívka

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Vojtěch Přidal

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Gaston Šubert

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Jaroslav Toms

zedník

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Gustav Vondráček

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Jiří Vyvadil

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Miroslav Vydlák

uličník

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Ivan Vorlíček

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Bohumil Koška

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Jaroslav Wagner-Klenka

podomek

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Ota Žebrák

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Emanuel Brejša

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Josef Braun

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Vlasta Ziegner

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Pavel Stránský

kluk s prakem

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Michael Tarant

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Miloslava Dlhá

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Jaroslav Engelhart

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Karel Engel

gauner

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František Jákl

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Stanislav Benda

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Gustav Jankovský

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Vladimír Jelínek

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Jiří Kalenský

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Jiří Klenot

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Jan Váňa

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Jarmila Glosová

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Miloslav Homola

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Miroslav Jíra

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Vilém Kratochvíl

učitel

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Ladislav Havlák

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František Kokta

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Jana Fominová

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Věra Laňková

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Blažena Slavíčková

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Ladislav Lahoda

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Jindřich Sejk

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Jaroslav Tomsa

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Jiřina Zemanová

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Milena Kudrnová

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Jan Brokl

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Miroslav Brokl

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Petr Jákl

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Pavel Jiras

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Rudolf Pešek

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Bohuslav Kupšovský

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Josef Maršík

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Karel Koš

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Mirko Musil

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Václav Linka

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Bohuslav Mládek

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Markéta Procházková

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Ota Robek

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Jarmila Schwarzová

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Marie Landová

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Helena Postránecká

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Ferdinand Krůta

Carter's Teacher (voice)

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František Němec

Detective Nick Carter (voice)

Directing

Gene Deitch

Larry Matejka (voice)

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Libuše Švormová

Karin (voice)

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Jan Kotva

Kuřátko (voice)

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Jan Kuželka

Dwarf (voice)

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