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40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

40 let Divadla Járy Cimrmana aneb Ze hry do hry

Part of Divadlo Járy Cimrmana (kolekce)

2007
Comedy

Jára Cimrman in the whirlwind of the past forty years, as discovered, recorded, and brought to life by the theater.

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Production

Česká televize

Language

CS

Status

Released

Release Date

Cast

Ladislav Smoljak

Ladislav Smoljak

Zdeněk Svěrák

Zdeněk Svěrák

Petr Brukner

Petr Brukner

Miloň Čepelka

Miloň Čepelka

Robert Bárta

Jan Hraběta

Jan Hraběta

Jan Kašpar

Jan Kašpar

Václav Kotek

Václav Kotek

Bořivoj Penc

Petr Reidinger

Genadij Rumlena

Marek Šimon

Pavel Vondruška

Pavel Vondruška

Michal Weigel

Jaroslav Weigel

Jaroslav Weigel

Josef Koudelka

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