The Hard Life of an Adventurer

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A writer of pulp crime novels is drawn into a series of real crimes. This film was one of the first Czech attempts on a genre parody.

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Languages: Czech

Director: Martin Frič

Starring Cast: Otomar Korbelář, Ladislav Pešek, Adina Mandlová, Jaroslav Marvan, Karel Dostal, Karel Černý

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