A Big Case
{{Short description|1946 film}}
{{Infobox film
| name = A Big Case
| image = A Big Case.jpg
| caption =
| director = Václav Kubásek
Josef Mach
| producer = Otakar Sedláček
| writer = Václav Kubásek
| narrator =
| starring = Jaroslav Průcha
Vítězslav Boček
Helena Busová
| music = Julius Kalas
| cinematography = Julius Vegricht
| editing = Josef Dobřichovský
| studio =
| distributor =
| released = {{Film date|1946|12|20|df=y}}
| runtime = 80 minutes
| country = Czechoslovakia
| language = Czech
}}
A Big Case (Czech: Velký případ) is a 1946 Czech comedy film directed by Václav Kubásek and Josef Mach and starring Jaroslav Průcha, Vítězslav Boček and Helena Busová.Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies. Springer Nature, 2023. p. 348 The film's sets were designed by the art director Alois Mecera.
Synopsis
In a small town, towards the end of the Occupation of Czechoslovakia (1938–1945), a patriotic Czech miller disguises himself in the uniform of the local German commander who he strongly resembles, causing confusion amongst the Wehrmacht forces and their Czech collaborators.
Cast
- Jaroslav Průcha as miller
- Vítězslav Boček as Hermann Hähne
- Bedřich Vrbský as forester
- Helena Busová as wine bar owner
- Dagmar Frýbortová as the miller's daughter
- Vladimír Řepa as mayor
- Bohuš Záhorský as station master
- František Filipovský as editor
- Rudolf Deyl as veterinarian
- Bolek Prchal as farmer
- Stanislav Neumann as watchmaker
- Martin Raus as Wohryzka
- Václav Švorc as police officer
- Vladimír Hlavatý as Mítonoha
- Rudolf Morávek as Vrtátko
- František Paul as Volkssturm leader
- Alois Dvorský as savings bank cashier
- Gabriel Hart as Prof. Weissenberger
- Zita Bergerová as Kraus's wife
- Jan Fifka as Němec
- Jindra Hermanová as Gossip
- Karolína Vávrová as old woman with a clock
References
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External links
- {{IMDb title|0257252}}
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Category:1940s Czech-language films
Category:Films directed by Josef Mach
Category:Films directed by Václav Kubásek
Category:Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Category:Czechoslovak comedy films
Category:Czech World War II films
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