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Lelíček in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932)
Directed by Karel Lamač
Overview
The Portorican prime minister asks British detective Sherlock Holmes to find a twin for King Fernando XXIII, a weak and frightened man who fears anarchists and does not want to show himself in public. Holmes finds in the Czech newspapers a photo of the perfect double, František Lelíček, a daring bon vivant drowned in debt, so when Holmes offers him money, Lelíček decides to travel to Portorico and play the role.
Length 88 minutes
Actors
Vlasta Burian | Martin Frič | Lída Baarová | Theodor Pištěk | Eva Jansenová | Fred Bulín | Arnold Reimann | Jára Beneš | George Andreani | Robert Ford | Alois Dvorský | Josef Zora | Čeněk Šlégl | Eduard Šlégl | Josef Oliak | Betty Kysilková | F. X. Mlejnek | Jan Sviták | Alfred Schlesinger | Josef Loskot | Josef Rajský | Jan W. Speerger | Josef Rovenský | Felix Kühne | Otto Zahrádka | Přemysl Pražský | Vladimír Pospíšil-Born | Eman Fiala | Zvonimir Rogoz | Kamila Rosenkranzová | Jan Richter | Karel Postránecký | Emil Dlesk | Gustav Čech | Karel Schleichert | Mario Karas | Míla Svoboda | Václav Menger | Viktor Nejedlý st.