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The Best Man of All (1954)
Directed by Ivo Novák, Václav Wasserman
Overview
A Czech satirical comedy set around 1900. The inhabitants of the small town of Pětice are excited by a mysterious package that is to be delivered to the best person in the village. Of course, all members of the town council claim the title of best person. In the end, it turns out that it was a cleverly thought-out prank intended to reveal the true character of the “better people” of the town.
Length 109 minutes
Actors
Vlasta Burian | Václav Vydra | Jiřina Šejbalová | Věra Bublíková | Felix le Breux | Světla Svozilová | Lubomír Lipský | Miloš Kopecký | Oldřich Musil | Jarmila Beránková | Josef Hlinomaz | Darja Hajská | Stanislav Neumann | Gustav Hilmar | Josef Kemr | Dana Medřická | Jaroslav Mareš | Bohuš Hradil | Míla Myslíková | Eman Fiala | Marie Svobodová | Miroslav Homola | Ladislav Herbert Struna | Antonín Šůra | Alois Dvorský | Josef Prihoda | Jiří Sovák | Ota Motyčka | Hermína Vojtová | Antonín Jedlička | Jirí Vrstála | Vladimír Řepa | Vladimír Svitáček | Blažena Slavíčková | Josef Steigl | Gabriela Bártlová | Alena Karešová | Frantisek Fontén | Robert Morávek | Josef Filaun