Shoesmachine (1954)
Overview
The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.
Production Companies
Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | cs |
| Popularity | 0.215 |
Directed By
K. M. Walló
Crew
T. Svatopluk
Viktor Karásek
Josef Hrnčíř
Barbora Adolfová
Stanislav Vondraš
Libuše Malá
Josef Mathauser
Jan Zázvorka
Stanislav Kautský
Rudolf Jokl
K. M. Walló
Julius Vegricht
Adolf Nacházel
Jan Kapr
T. Svatopluk
František Sandr
Otakar Vávra
Jiří Mikeťuk
Milivoj Uzelac
Josef Mann
K. M. Walló
Josef Mann
Jan Janda
Fernand Vácha
Jiřina Lukešová
Vladimír Synek
Josef Němeček
TOP CAST
Vítězslav Vejražka
Factory Boss
Vilém Besser
Josef Horák
Eva Kubešová
Marie Dornáková
Zdeněk Řehoř
Manager Antonín
Oldřich Vykypěl
Lojza Andres
Petr Skála
Jakub
Ota Sklenčka
Ort
Marie Vášová
Elsa
Rudolf Hrušínský
Sram
Božena Böhmová
Lojzka Andresová
Jarmila Kurandová
Horáková, Josk's mother
Oldřich Lukeš
agitator Nikodým
J. O. Martin
agitator Pazdera
Věra Benšová
worker
Jan Skopeček
laborer
Karel Houska
personal clerk and master
Jaroslav Toť
laborer
Vlasta Fialová
Secretary Anna Vebrová
Gustav Hrdlička
barber
Josef Chvalina
employee informant
Rudolf Myzet
american guest
Josef Maršálek
personnel officer
Marie Pavlíková
boss's wife
Věra Váchová
woman in society
Zdeněk Šavrda
gendarme
Zdeněk Jelínek
official
Miloš Vavruška
worker burning shoes
Oleg Reif
Baťa's young man
František Šlégr
district governor
Eva Marie Kavanová
interpreters
Marie Nademlejnská
peas
Josef Kotapiš
secret agent
Svatopluk Majer
bailiff
Bedřich Bozděch
guard
Anna Pitašová
woman in society
Zdeněk Hodr
doctor
Ema Skálová
worker
Otto Šimánek
laborer
Štěpán Bulejko
Hans Hahn, director of the German branch
Arnošt Faltýnek
worker in a meeting
Jan Šmíd
guest in a cafe
Rudolf Široký
stoker
Libuše Zemková
woman at the party
Miroslav Homola
Fiegel
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