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Playing with the Devil

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Originally published
  
1946

Playwright
  
Jan Drda

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Playing with the Devil (Czech: Hrátky s čertem) is a 1945 Czech fairy-tale comedy play by playwright Jan Drda. It was adapted into a 1956 film directed by Josef Mach starring popular actor Josef Bek, with animated decorations by Josef Lada. In 1979, another film adaptation was made in Poland which is the one most memorable in European culture and continues to make this play popular. It was directed by Tadeusz Lis and starred well-known Polish actors Janusz Gajos, Jerzy Kamas, Marian Kociniak, Marek Kondrat.

Cast

  • Josef Bek as Martin Jacket
  • Eva Klepáčová as Katcha
  • Alena Vránová as Dišperanda
  • František Smolík as Scholasticus
  • Jaroslav Vojta as Sarka Farka
  • Bohuš Záhorský as King
  • Stanislav Neumann as Omnimor
  • František Filipovský as Karborund
  • Josef Vinklář as Lucius
  • Ladislav Pešek as Belzebub
  • Vladimír Ráž as Solfernus
  • Rudolf Deyl, Jr. as Belial
  • Antonín Šůra as Theofil
  • Josef Mixa as Hubert
  • Jiřina Bílá as farmer's wife with food

    • References

    Playing with the Devil Wikipedia
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