Oct 06, 1944
94 min
Full-HD

The Respectable Ladies of Pardubice (1944)

The bickering of envious mistresses, the criminal intentions of fraudsters and the love of two young people are at the center of events, in the middle of which unfolds the fate of the city executioner Jiří, who longs to break free from his destiny and become a proper burgher. He is not heard, but he manages to expose the iniquities and their culprits, reunites a hard-pressed couple in love and his undeniable merits for the city and eventually bring him luck.

Category

Comedy History

Country

Czechoslovakia

Companies

Nationalfilm

František Smolík

Jiří

Jiřina Štěpničková

Rozina

Eman Fiala

Adam

Ferenc Futurista

pacholek

Terezie Brzková

hraběnka

Marta Fričová

Aninka Dražická

Zita Kabátová

Helena z Alcantaru

Jindřich Plachta

Pálka

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