Člověk proti zkáze

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Člověk proti zkáze

1990

1h 29m

8.0(1 votes)

Drama

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Biography of Karel Čapek.

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91 members

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Josef Abrhám

Karel Čapek

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Hana Maciuchová

Olga Scheinpflugová

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František Řehák

Josef Čapek

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Věra Galatíková

Helena Čapková

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Libuše Šafránková

Věra Hrůzová

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Johanna Tesařová

Růžena

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Monika Švábová

Erika

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Svatopluk Beneš

T. G. Masaryk

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Tomáš Juřička

Jan Drda

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Ota Sklenčka

H. G. Wells

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Ladislav Lakomý

Vladislav Vančura

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Otakar Brousek

František Langer

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František Němec

Prof. Charvát

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Jana Štěpánková

Leopolda Dostálová as Mother in Bílá nemoc

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Vladimír Brabec

Father in Bílá nemoc

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Jan Kačer

MUDr. Galén in Bílá nemoc

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Hana Kofránková

Actress in Bílá nemoc

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Petr Pelzer

Alquist in R. U. R.

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Jan Čenský

Kornel in Matka

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Martin Stropnický

Petr in Matka

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Jana Březinová

Actress in Matka

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Martin Sobotka

Toni in Matka

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Zdeněk Palusga

Jíří in Matka / Son in Bílá nemoc

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Hanuš Bor

Ondřej in Matka

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František Peterka

Baron Krüg in Bílá nemoc

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Jan Grabmüller

Leprous in Bílá nemoc

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Otta Tesař

Leprous in Bílá nemoc

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Vojtěch Ron

Marshal in Bílá nemoc

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Jiří Zapletal

Sigelius in Bílá nemoc

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Petr Kuschmitz

Lieutenant in Bílá nemoc

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Martin Kolár

1st Lt. Kubíček

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Zdeněk Žák

Václav Motl

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Rudolf Stärz

Karel Poláček

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Oldřich Slavík

Eduard Bass

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Václav Martinec

Karel Dostal

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Milan Klacek

Edmond Konrád

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Karel Pospíšil

Dramaturge

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Bořík Procházka

František Kupka

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Zdeněk Ornest

Rector

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Miroslav Částek

Sepke

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Dana Homolová

Fanatic German

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Pavlína Mourková

Admirer

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David Matásek

Fišer

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Jiří Patočka

Prof. Pelnář

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Alois Švehlík

Man by the Tram

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Jan Kraus

Jules Romains

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Vladimír Hrabánek

Petřík

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Jiří Zapletal

Director

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Václav Babka

Man

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Karel Koloušek

Taxi Driver

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Lubomír Kostelka

Ondrák

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Sylva Legnerová

Božena

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Karel Brožek

Burnay

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Vlastimil Zavřel

Chef

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Petr Svárovský

MUDr. Karel Steinbach

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Milan Janáček

Intendant

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Petr Skarke

Colonel

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Jaroslav Novotný

Borovička

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Karel Fiala

Bedel

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Josef Vondráček

Esquire

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Lubomír Tlalka

Theatre Attendant

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Oldřich Vlach

Synek

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Jiří Valenta

Klíma

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Radek Hoppe

Karel Čapek (child)

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Josef Čepelka

Josef Čapek (child)

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Renata Steinerová

Helena Čapková (child)

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Josef Vajnar

Father

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Roman Šmejkal

Worker / Reservist

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Jaromír Meduna

Reservist

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Jiří Hromada

Reservist

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Pavel Bezděk

SA Officer

Camera

Petr Čech

SA Officer

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Michal Hradský

SA Officer

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Jiří Kalenský

SA Officer

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Jaroslav Klenot

SA Officer

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František Stupka

SA Officer

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Jaroslav Špáňa

SA Officer

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Petr Weig

Gestapo

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František Michálek

Gestapo

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František Švihlík

Gestapo

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Jiří Doseděl

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František Čužna

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Václav Brtna

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Karel Engel

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Jiří Kraus

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Stanislav Štícha

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J. Nerad

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Jiří Klenot

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Jaroslav Tomsa

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Vlastimil Bedrna

Anonymous in a Phone (voice)

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Ladislav Županič

MUDr. Karel Steinbach (voice)

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