The Secret of a Great Narrator

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The Secret of a Great Narrator

"The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas"

1972

1h 39m

4.3(3 votes)

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The life of the famous French writer Alexander Dumas the Elder. Screenwriter Jaroslav Dietl did not hide his admiration for this literary giant, and in addition to the screenplay he also wrote a three-part TV play about Dumas (starring Vladimír Menšík). In Kachyn's film, Dumas played the father and son of the Štěpánková brothers, and it was a very difficult and difficult task for these young actors.

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119 members

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Martin Štěpánek

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Petr Štěpánek

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Otakar Brousek

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Jana Hlaváčová

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Slávka Budínová

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Milena Dvorská

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Jana Švandová

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Petr Kostka

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Carmen Mayerová

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Vladimír Šmeral

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František Němec

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Ladislav Trojan

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Josef Chvalina

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Jiří Císler

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Zuzana Martinková

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Hana Houbová

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Lubor Tokoš

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Josef Karlík

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Zdeněk Kryzánek

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Vladimír Brabec

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Zdeněk Hodr

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Jindřich Narenta

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Heda Škrdlantová

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Marie Popelková

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Naďa Konvalinková

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Ivo Niederle

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Josef Burda

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Zdena Burdová

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Marcela Baťková

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Viktor Maurer

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Ladislav Frej

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Adolf Filip

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Ludmila Grossmannová

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Anna Gabrielová

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Ladislav Gzela

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Karel Hovorka

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František Hanzlík

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Zdeněk Hess

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Jana Hermachová

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Helena Jehličková

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Karel Anderle

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Václav Formánek

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Miloslav Průša

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Josef Šolc

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Josef Červinka

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Zdena Dančíková

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Jana Gýrová

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Stanislav Juna

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Emil Iserle

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Jan Kotva

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Jana Hana Duffková

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Petr Svojtka

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Vladimír Pospíšil

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Alena Janošková

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Ilona Jirotková

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Josef Janoušek

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Julie Jenšíková

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Jan Kanyza

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Tomáš Töpfer

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Jana Posseltová

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Marta Richterová

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Eduard Pavlíček

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Stanislav Němec

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Jiřina Hladíková

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Eva Rubínová

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Josef Šebek

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Vladimír Štros

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Zdeněk Skalický

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Ladislava Tschamundjiová

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Ivan Chrz

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Zdeněk Houška

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Petr Lebeda

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František Plecháček

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M. Lhotský

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Milan Procházka

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Alois Vachek

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Luka Rubanovičová

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Jiří Wohanka

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Pavel Jiras

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Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová

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Luděk Svoboda

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Jiřina Zemanová

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Vítězslav Brandejský

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František Hotový

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František Javůrek

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Zdeněk Kodat

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Karel Koš

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Vilém Linke

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Čestmír Preclík

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Zdeněk Šimůnek

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Alois Zouhar

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Jindřich Čmugr

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Václav Sedlák

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Vladimír Svoboda

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A. Vališ

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Regina Kociánová

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Helena Postránecká

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Jana Kolenatá

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Václav Kovařík

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O. Pobuda

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František Miroslav Doubrava

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Ladislav Kazda

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Viktor Očásek

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Josef Coufal

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Zdeněk Janata

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Ilja Racek

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M. Banseth

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J. Komberec

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L. Koulík

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J. Lederer

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R. Pěkný

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I. Šlár

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M. Havelka

Karel VII.

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E. Saudková

Ms. Sorel

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M. Šamalová

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Hana Čížková

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Renée Nachtigallová

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Milena Steinmasslová

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Zdenka Procházková

Emperor's Niece (voice)

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