The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians

1981•1h 37m•6.0/10

ComedyScience Fiction

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6.0/10(36)

In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.

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Filmové studio Barrandov

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Michal Dočolomanský

Michal Dočolomanský

Count Teleke of Tölökö

Evelyna Steimarová

Evelyna Steimarová

Salsa Verde

Vlastimil Brodský

Vlastimil Brodský

komorník Ignác

Jan Hartl

Jan Hartl

lesní adjunkt Vilja Dézi

Miloš Kopecký

Miloš Kopecký

Baron Gorc z Gorců

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

vynálezce Orfánik

Augustín Kubán

Tóma Hluchoněmec - Zutro

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

Jaroslava Kretschmerová

snoubenka lesního adjunkta

Oldřich Velen

Oldřich Velen

krčmář

Míla Myslíková

Míla Myslíková

krčmářka

Samuel Adamčík

kmet na peci

Jan Skopeček

Jan Skopeček

Václav Kotva

Václav Kotva

Jiří Lír

Jiří Lír

Prefekt

Helena Růžičková

Helena Růžičková

Zpévacka

Vilém Lipský

Jiří Knot

Jiří Knot

Pavel Vondruška

Pavel Vondruška

Jiří Kaurský

Karel Houska

Karel Houska

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