''Dog's Heads'' () is a 1955 Czech

drama film In film and television, drama is a category or genre of narrative fiction (or semi-fiction) intended to be more serious than humorous in tone. The drama of this kind is usually qualified with additional terms that specify its particular ...

directed by

Martin Frič Martin Frič (29 March 1902 – 26 August 1968) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and actor. He had more than 100 directing credits between 1929 and 1968, including feature films, shorts and documentary films. Throughout his life, F ...

, based on the novel of the same name by

Alois Jirásek Alois Jirásek () (23 August 1851 – 12 March 1930) was a Czech writer, author of historical novels and plays. Jirásek was a high school history teacher in Litomyšl and later in Prague until his retirement in 1909. He wrote a series of histor ...

. It was entered into the

1955 Cannes Film Festival The 8th Cannes Film Festival took place from 26 April to 10 May 1955. French writer and filmmaker Marcel Pagnol served as jury president for the main competition. The first ''Palme d'Or'' was awarded, as the highest prize of the Festival, to ' ...

Cast

* Vladimír Ráž - Jan Sladký-Kozina * Jana Dítětová - Hancí * Jarmila Kurandová - Mother *

Zdeněk Štěpánek Zdeněk Štěpánek (22 September 1896 – 20 June 1968) was a Czech actor. He appeared in 65 films between 1922 and 1968. Life In 1915 Zdeněk Štěpánek joined Austro-Hungarian Army and fought at the Eastern Front. He later switched sides a ...

* František Kovařík - Kryštof Hrubý * Ladislav Pešek - Rehurek * Jiřina Steimarová - Dorla * Jaroslav Průcha - Pribek *

František Smolík František Smolík (23 January 1891 – 26 January 1972) was a Czechoslovak film actor. He appeared in more than 75 films between 1920 and 1968. Selected filmography *'' The Mystery of the Blue Room'' (1933) * '' The Ruined Shopkeeper'' (19 ...

- Pribek, senior * Jana Štepánková - Manka * Bohumil Švarc - Serlovský * Jiří Dohnal - Adam Ecl Ctverák * Jaroslav Vojta - Pajdár * Miloš Nedbal - Lamminger z Abenreuthu * Miloš Kopecký - Kos, správce

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* 1955 films 1950s historical drama films 1950s Czech-language films Czechoslovak drama films Czech historical drama films Films directed by Martin Frič Films based on Czech novels Films based on works by Alois Jirásek 1955 drama films 1950s Czech films {{1950s-drama-film-stub