''Blackmailer'' (Czech: ''Vyděrač'') is a 1937 Czech
drama film
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directed by
Ladislav Brom.
The film sets were designed by the
art director
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It is the charge of a sole art director to supe ...
Jan Zázvorka
Jan Zázvorka (2 May 1914 – 14 January 1991) was a Czech architect and art director.Soister, John T. & Nicolella, Henry. ''Down from the Attic: Rare Thrillers of the Silent Era through the 1950''. McFarland, 2016. p. 213 He designed the film se ...
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Cast
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Vítězslav Boček as Accountant Josef Bašek
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Adina Mandlová
Adina Mandlová (28 January 1910 – 16 June 1991) was a Czech stage and film actress. She was one of the leading stars of 1930s and 1940s Czech cinema. She was involved in a number of scandals and love affairs.
Life and career
Early days
Sh ...
as Shoe saleswoman Máša Lírová
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Bedřich Vrbský as Industrialist Emil Frýbl
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Helena Bušová as Olga Frýblová
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Jiří Plachý as Alfréd Merhaut
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Rudolf Deyl as President of the syndicate
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Jan S. Kolár as Director of the syndicate
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František Kreuzmann as Lawyer Piroh
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Gustav Hilmar as Accountant Dufek
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Ladislav Pešek as Medicine student Petr Hureš
References
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1937 films
1937 drama films
1930s Czech-language films
Czech drama films
Czechoslovak drama films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
1930s Czech films
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