''The River Is Performing Magic'' ( cs, Řeka čaruje) is a 1945 Czechoslovak comedy film directed by

Václav Krška Václav Krška (7 October 1900 – 17 November 1969) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and writer. Life Krška was born in Písek on 7 October 1900 as the only child. His father was a butcher and innkeeper, but died soon after his bir ...

Cast

* František Hanus as Leopold Kohák *

Růžena Šlemrová Růžena Šlemrová, née Růžena Machová (10 November 1886 – 24 August 1962) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in more than 70 films between 1914 and 1956. Selected filmography * '' Two Mothers'' (1921) * '' Affair at the ...

as Anna Koháková * Evelyna Kinská as Helena Koháková *

Svatopluk Beneš Svatopluk Beneš (24 February 1918 – 27 April 2007) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in 90 films and television shows between 1934 and 2003. Selected filmography * ''Pacientka Dr. Hegla'' (1940) * ''Pohádka máje'' (1940) * ''L ...

as Profesor Korejnil * František Vnouček as Francois *

Karel Dostal Karel Dostal (1884–1966) was a Czechoslovak stage and film actor.Burian p.233 Selected filmography * '' Grand Hotel Nevada'' (1935) * '' The World Is Ours'' (1937) * '' The Magic House'' (1939) * '' Second Tour'' (1939) * '' The Blue Star Hotel ...

as President Šupita *

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as Šupita's wife *

Jaroslav Marvan Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková. He passed his school-leaving ...

as Jaroslav Lebeda *

Jindřich Plachta Jindřich Plachta, born Jindřich Šolle (1 July 1899 – 6 November 1951) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 100 films between 1926 and 1951. Selected filmography * ''The Lovers of an Old Criminal'' (1927) * '' Father ...

as Čtverylka

Production

Film was shot at

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Lipnice nad Sázavou Lipnice nad Sázavou (german: Lipnitz an der Sasau) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 600 inhabitants. Administrative parts The village of Vilémovec is an administrative part of L ...

Písek Písek (; german: Pisek) is a town in the South Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 30,000 inhabitants. The town centre is well preserved and is protected by law as an urban monument zone. Písek is colloquially called "''South ...

, Těšnov train station in Prague,

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Světlá nad Sázavou Světlá nad Sázavou (; german: Swietla ob der Sasau) is a town in Havlíčkův Brod District in the Vysočina Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 6,400 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages and hamlets of Benetice, Dolní Březinka, ...

quarry,

Zvíkov Castle Zvíkov (german: Klingenberg), often called "the king of Czech castles",Petr David, Vladimír Soukup, Lubomír Čech, Wonders of Bohemia, Moravia and Silesia, pg. 138, Euromedia Group (2004), is a castle in Zvíkovské Podhradí municipality, abo ...

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and

Stříbrná Skalice Stříbrná Skalice (german: Silberskalitz) is a municipality and village in Prague-East District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,500 inhabitants. Administrative parts Villages of Hradec, Hradové Střimelice ...

. Filming started in 1944 during Nazi occupation produced by German-run Nationalfilm. After the liberation in 1945 the movie was finished by Československá filmová společnost. Actress Anna Steimarová was replaced by Marie Ježková.

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