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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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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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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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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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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Václav Sedlák

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Vladimír Svoboda

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Regina Kociánová

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Helena Postránecká

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Václav Kovařík

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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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M. Havelka

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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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