''Sign of the Anchor'' (Czech:''Znamení kotvy'') is a 1947 Czech drama film directed by František Čáp and starring

Hana Vítová Hana Vítová (24 January 1914 – 3 March 1987) was a Czechoslovak film actress. She appeared in more than 50 films between 1931 and 1965. In Germany she was billed as Hanna Witt. Selected filmography * '' Paradise Road'' (1936) * '' Lidé ...

Zdeňka Baldová Zdeňka Baldová, born as Zdeňka Balašová, married Hilarová (20 February 1885 – 26 September 1958) was a Czech film actress. She appeared in more than 60 films between 1921 and 1958. Baldová is buried at the Vinohrady Cemetery. Selec ...

and Vlasta Fabianová. The film's

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was by

Štěpán Kopecký Štěpán Kopecký (1901–1956) was a Czech art director.Bergfelder, Harris & Street p.214 He designed the sets for more than eighty films during his career. Selected filmography * '' The Inspector General'' (1933) * ''Annette in Paradise'' (1934 ...

Cast

as Pavla Marková aka Miss Camilla *

as Pavla's mother * Vlasta Fabianová as Prostitute Černá Fanka *

Eduard Kohout František Eduard Kohout (6 March 1889 – 25 October 1976) was a Czech stage, film actor and television actor.Mitchell p.57 Selected filmography * ''Battalion'' (1937) * '' The Magic House'' (1939) * ''Nocturnal Butterfly'' (1941) * '' Happy Jour ...

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 Ladislav is a Czech, Slovak and Croatian variant of the Slavic name Vladislav. The female form of this name is Ladislava. Folk etymology occasionally links ''Ladislav'' with the Slavic goddess Lada. Spellings and variations In Bulgarian ...

as Wheelsman Hojdar *

Jarmila Smejkalová Jarmila is a Slavic origin female given name. Derived from the Slavic elements jary ''fierce, strong'' and mil ''favour''. Similar names are Jaromíra and Jaroslava. Nicknames are Jarka, Jarcza, Jara, Jarina, Jaromilka, Jarmilka, Mila, Jarulinka. ...

as Seamstress Růža *

Vladimír Salač Vladimir may refer to: Names * Vladimir (name) for the Bulgarian, Croatian, Czech, Macedonian, Romanian, Russian, Serbian, Slovak and Slovenian spellings of a Slavic name * Uladzimir for the Belarusian version of the name * Volodymyr for the Ukr ...

as Cabin boy Lojza Brůha * Josef Maršálek as Greaser Toník Truneček *

Jan W. Speerger Jan Wenceslaus Speerger (29 April 1896 – 25 June 1950) was a Czech film actor and film director. He appeared in many Czech movies in the first half of the 20th century. Life He started as a cinema projectionist and later worked as a technician ...

as Boatman *

Jaroslav Zrotal Jaroslav (also written as Yaroslav or Jarosław in other Slavic languages) is a Czech and Slovak first name, pagan in origin. There are several possible origins of the name Jaroslav. It is very likely that originally the two elements of the nam ...

as Vojta * Karel Effa as Cabin boy Pobříslo *

Ota Motyčka OTA or ota may stand for: Art, entertainment, and media * ''Off the Air'', an Adult Swim television series * Otakon, an annual anime convention in Baltimore, Maryland Electronics, science, and technology * Ochratoxin A (also termed OTA), a mycot ...

as Innkeeper Krůta *

František Dibarbora František () is a masculine given name of Czech origin. It is a cognate of Francis, Francisco, François, and Franz. People with the name include: *Frank Daniel (František Daniel) (1926–1996), Czech film director, producer, and screenwriter ...

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