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and Vlasta Fabianová. The film's

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was by

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Cast

as Pavla Marková aka Miss Camilla *

as Pavla's mother * Vlasta Fabianová as Prostitute Černá Fanka * Eduard Kohout as Maestro Lascari * Zdeněk Štěpánek as Captain Troska *

Július Pántik Július Pántik (15 January 1922 – 25 August 2002) was a Slovak film actor. He appeared in over 30 films between 1947 and 1992. Selected filmography * '' Warning'' (1946) *'' White Darkness'' (1948) * ''Tank Brigade'' (1955) * ''Kdo hled� ...

as Wheelsman Franta Hojdar * Ladislav H. Struna as Wheelsman Hojdar *

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as Seamstress Růža * Vladimír Salač as Cabin boy Lojza Brůha * Josef Maršálek as Greaser Toník Truneček *

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as Boatman *

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as Vojta * Karel Effa as Cabin boy Pobříslo *

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as Innkeeper Krůta * František Dibarbora as Customs officer

References

External links

* 1947 films 1947 drama films 1940s Czech-language films Czech drama films Films directed by František Čáp Czechoslovak black-and-white films Czechoslovak drama films 1940s Czech films Films scored by Jiří Srnka {{1940s-CzechRepublic-film-stub