A Big Case
Directed byVáclav Kubásek
Josef Mach
Written byVáclav Kubásek
Produced byOtakar Sedláček
StarringJaroslav Průcha
Vítězslav Boček
Helena Busová
CinematographyJulius Vegricht
Edited byJosef Dobřichovský
Music byJulius Kalas
Release date
  • 20 December 1946 (1946-12-20)
Running time
80 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

A Big Case (Czech: Velký případ) is a 1946 Czech comedy film directed by Václav Kubásek and Josef Mach and starring Jaroslav Průcha, Vítězslav Boček and Helena Busová.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art director Alois Mecera.

Synopsis

In a small town, towards the end of the Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), a patriotic Czech miller disguises himself in the uniform of the local German commander who he strongly resembles, causing confusion amongst the Wehrmacht forces and their Czech collaborators.

Cast

  • Jaroslav Průcha as miller
  • Vítězslav Boček as Hermann Hähne
  • Bedřich Vrbský as forester
  • Helena Busová as wine bar owner
  • Dagmar Frýbortová as the miller's daughter
  • Vladimír Řepa as mayor
  • Bohuš Záhorský as station master
  • František Filipovský as editor
  • Rudolf Deyl as veterinarian
  • Bolek Prchal as farmer
  • Stanislav Neumann as watchmaker
  • Martin Raus as Wohryzka
  • Václav Švorc as police officer
  • Vladimír Hlavatý as Mítonoha
  • Rudolf Morávek as Vrtátko
  • František Paul as Volkssturm leader
  • Alois Dvorský as savings bank cashier
  • Gabriel Hart as Prof. Weissenberger
  • Zita Bergerová as Kraus's wife
  • Jan Fifka as Němec
  • Jindra Hermanová as Gossip
  • Karolína Vávrová as old woman with a clock

References

  1. Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies. Springer Nature, 2023. p. 348
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