12 Feb 1932
Shanghai Express
A beautiful temptress re-kindles an old romance while trying to escape her past during a tension-packed train journey.
Zvláštní případ
Lieutenant Vasátko is spending Christmas vacation in a mountain cabin where a diverse group of people have gathered. The painter Horác and two married couples, the director Skorkovský and his wife and his new discovery, the not very clever Jájinka and her husband. There is a murder and an unusual denouement.
Top Billed Cast
Radovan Lukavský Nadporučík Vašátko
Josef Kemr Malíř Horác
Jana Hlaváčová Růža
Helga Čočková Lída
Jorga Kotrbová Jája
Josef Somr Skorkovský
Ivan Vyskočil Kopeček
Jaroslav Moučka Brož
Zdeněk Tůma Fanda
Zdeněk Hodr lékař
Ladislav Kazda Vrba
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