The Dynamite Watcher

Three separate short stories by Jan Drda from the collection The Dumb Barricade: The Dynamite Watchman, Hatred and Traces.

Cast

Eman Fiala

as František Milec

Eva Svobodová

as Milcová

L. H. Struna

as Martínek

Ladislav Kazda

as Lojza

Ladislav Mrkvička

Zdeněk Kutil

as Blaschke

Jaroslav Raušer

as Glaser

Jaroslav Moučka

Oldřich Šembera

Václav Trégl

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