Evropa tančila valčík

1989

1h 38m

4.0(1 votes)

History

Drama

Overview

Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.

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Cast & Crew

91 members

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Jiří Bartoška

Václav Kavan

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Rudolf Hrušínský

Franz Joseph I

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Jürgen Frohriep

Wilhelm II

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Andrei Rostotsky

Nicholas II

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Josef Vinklář

Archduke Franz Ferdinand

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Нелли Пшенная

Alexandra Feodorovna

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Александр Пороховщиков

Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov

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Zora Jandová

Draga Simić

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Martin Růžek

Dr. Paul Schönbeck

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Josef Somr

Count Leopold Berchtold

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Hans-Joachim Hanisch

Helmuth von Moltke

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Herbert Sturm

Count István Tisza

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Rolf Colditz

Count Karl Stürgh

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Gustav Opočenský

Count Hartenberg

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Ernst Heise

Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf

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Svatopluk Beneš

Count Eduard von Paar

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Pavol Mikulík

Raymond Poincaré

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Jozef Adamovič

Lord Edward Grey

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Oldřich Vízner

Ivan Olbracht

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Petr Kostka

Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann

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Otakar Brousek

Oscar von Potiorek

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Stanislav Zindulka

Eugen Ketterle

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Jiří Klem

Jovan Jovanić

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Jitka Žídková

Lída Kavanová

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Dáša Neblechová

Kavan's Mother-in-Law

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Blanka Blahníková

Uršula

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Drahoslava Landsmanová

Schönbeck's Wife

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Oldřich Velen

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Jiří Wohanka

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Milan Sandhaus

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Josef Šebek

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Roman Hemala

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Roman Janoušek

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Zdeněk Podhůrský

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Marek Pavlovský

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Jan Cmíral

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Hugo Kaminský

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Milan Mach

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Vladimír Pospíšil

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Milan Riehs

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Jindřich Narenta

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Dana Klossová

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Otto Kinský

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Antonín Gája

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Eva Hořánková

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Vladimír Huber

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Jiří Strach

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Ruth Reinecke

Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt

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Ernst Steiner

Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès

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Eckhard Bilz

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Вера Кузнецова

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Анжелика Неволина

Maid with a Dress

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Leoš Kaltofen

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Petr Skarke

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Roman Hájek

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Michal Kocourek

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Stanislav Lehký

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Tomáš Valík

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Josef Vrána

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Production

František Vláčil ml.

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J. Kropáček

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Miloš Mikula

Musician

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Jiří Mindl

Musician

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V. Kalivoda

Musician

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Vojtěch Šebestík

Musician

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Jiří Adamíra

Narrator (voice)

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Jan Schánilec

Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)

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Jiří Samek

Helmuth von Moltke (voice)

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Petr Pelzer

Count István Tisza (voice)

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Soběslav Sejk

Count Karl Stürgh (voice)

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Karel Pospíšil

Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)

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Pavel Soukup

Lord Edward Grey (voice)

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Libuše Geprtová

Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)

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Rudolf Pellar

Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)

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Ilona Svobodová

Maid with a Dress (voice)

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Oldřich Janovský

German Crown Councillor (voice)

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Karel Hlušička

German Crown Councillor (voice)

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Pavel Pípal

Russian General (voice)

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Jiří Pleskot

Mitič (voice)

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Boris Rösner

Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)

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Vlastimil Zavřel

Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

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Josef Velda

Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)

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Pavel Rímský

Adjutant to Nicholas II

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Bedřich Šetena

Jules Cambon (voice)

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Karel Chromík

German Ship Captain (voice)

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Ferdinand Krůta

German Court Physician (voice)

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Jaroslav Vágner

German General (voice)

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Vladimír Kudla

Russian Officer (voice)

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Bohuslav Kalva

Russian Doorman (voice)

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Josef Nedorost

German Sailor (voice)

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Luděk Nešleha

Russian Lieutenant (voice)

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