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As Good as Poison

As Good as Poison

1986•1h 16m•6.5/10
DramaComedy

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6.5/10(4)

Engineer Pavel Hnyk is successful at work, but not very happy in his private life. He is approaching his fiftieth birthday and he can't shake the feeling that life is slipping away from him. The most effective medicine for such woes is amorous adventures, and Pavel indulges in them. His wife Alice is a lawyer by profession, so she knows about such cases, and because she is a wise woman, she passes them over in silence. One day, however, a new colleague appears at Pavel's workplace - the charming Slovakian Julie. A friendly relationship soon turns into a love affair, and over time it grows into a headless, destructive passion that cares for nothing and no one...

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Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Zdeněk Svěrák

Zdeněk Svěrák

Pavel Hnyk

Ivona Krajčovičová

Ivona Krajčovičová

Julka Tomčányová

Libuše Švormová

Libuše Švormová

Alice

Václav Švorc

Zounek

Ladislava Kozderková

Ladislava Kozderková

Vlasta

František Řehák

František Řehák

Hula

František Husák

František Husák

Gelner

Vladimír Durdík ml.

Dana Balounová

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

Gabriela Wilhelmová

Gabriela Wilhelmová

Martička Krásová

Jaromíra Mílová

Jaromíra Mílová

Vendulka

Anna Ferencová

Anna Ferencová

Karel Smyczek

Karel Smyczek

Boris Halmi

Jaroslav Someš

Jaroslav Someš

Jiří Tomek

Jiří Tomek

Michal Suchánek

Michal Suchánek

Alice Chrtková

Vladimír Švabík

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