The Hard Life of an Adventurer (1941)
A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.
- Released
- 1941-11-28
- Genres
- Crime, Comedy
- Runtime
- 89 min
- Status
- Released
- Directed / written by
- Martin Frič, Karel Steklý, Josef Gruss
- TMDB rating
- 7.0/10 from 5 votes
Cast
- Otomar Korbelář as Fred Flok alias Konzul Binder alias Komisar Niklas alias Ing. Benda
- Ladislav Pešek as Karel Kryspín alias Charles Crispin
- Adina Mandlová as Helena Rohanová
- Jaroslav Marvan as Tichý, policejní inspektor
- Karel Dostal as Dr. Seidl
- Karel Černý
- Vladimír Řepa
- Karel Hradilák
- Rudolf Hrušínský
- František Filipovský
- R. A. Dvorský
- Eman Fiala
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