18 Dec 1961
Pocketful of Miracles
A New York gangster and his girlfriend attempt to turn street beggar Apple Annie into a society lady when the peddler learns her daughter is marrying royalty.
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This production of Ostrava TV Studios was inspired by actual events which occurred in the Ostrava region of Moravia during the 1920s and 1930s. A hedonistic bon vivant of a lawyer named Zajícek (played by Václav Postránecký) came up with a sophisticated finance speculation scheme which exceeded the bounds of law. When discovered it became one of the most closely-followed First Republic scandals.
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Václav Postránecký 
Markéta Hrubešová Koubková
Viktor Preiss 
Radoslav Brzobohatý 
František Řehák 
František Němec 
Jan Hartl 
Veronika Forejtová 
Rudolf Hrušínský Jan Fišar Václav Mareš 
Vítězslav Jandák 
Stanislav Šárský 
Vladimír Čapka Zdeněk Forejt Milan Sova Frank Raab
Ivan Řehák 
Jan Přeučil Milan Šulc 
Pavlína Kafková
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