01 Jan 1974
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The Laughing Woman
Helena Leeová is at a spa with her daughter Marcelka. One day a lifeguard saves her from drowning. The rescued woman comes to in the lifeguard's arms. This incident is used by the newspapers to promote a society scandal. They print a report that the lifeguard was seen with Helena in her bedroom. Helena's husband, the banker Filip Lee, is a candidate for bank president. The scandal threatens his career and thus Lee at once demands a divorce. His legal representative, Jan Farrland, not only wins the divorce suit but also manages to have Helena's daughter taken from her custody. One day Farrland meets Helena at a society party and he comes to understand that he has wronged her, and he falls in love with her.
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Olga Scheinpflugová Helena Leeová
Jiří Steimar Jann Farrland
Karel Jičínský Playgate
Růžena Šlemrová Playgateová
Antonín Strnad Filip Lee
Marie Vacková Marcela
Ela Poznerová Markéta Dellová
Fred Bulín Al Brown
Irena Ardenová Flo
Václav Pecián Dugan
Mariana Hellerová Carltonová
Antonie Langrová Parkerová
Věra Štěpánková Rosa
Marie Oliaková Paní v Hotelu
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