Playing with the Devil

Playing with the Devil
Playing with the Devil
Directed by	Josef Mach
Screenplay by	Jan Drda; Josef Mach
Based on	Hrátky s čertem; by Jan Drda
Cinematography	Jan Stallich
Edited by	Josef Dobřichovský
Music by	Jiří Srnka
Production; company	Studio hraných filmů
Distributed by	Ústřední filmová půjčovna
Release date	26 April 1957;
Running time	96 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Playing with the Devil (Czech: Hrátky s čertem) is a 1956 Czech fairy-tale comedy film by Josef Mach based on a 1945 play by Jan Drda. Set decorations were painted by Josef Lada.^[1]

Cast[]

Josef Bek as Martin Kabát
Eva Klepáčová as Maid Káča
Alena Vránová as Princess Dišperanda
František Smolík as Školastykus
Jaroslav Vojta as Sarka Farka
Bohuš Záhorský as King
Stanislav Neumann as Omnimor
František Filipovský as Karborund
Josef Vinklář as Lucius
Ladislav Pešek as Belzebub
Vladimír Ráž as Solfernus
Rudolf Deyl, Jr. as Belial
as Theofil
as Hubert
as Farmer's wife with food

Other adaptations[]

In 1979, another film adaptation was made in Poland and continues to be popular. It was directed by and starred well-known Polish actors Janusz Gajos, , Marian Kociniak and Marek Kondrat.

References[]

^ "Hrátky s čertem". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

External links[]

Playing with the Devil at IMDb

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[filmovyprehled-1] "Hrátky s čertem". Filmový přehled. NFA. Retrieved March 3, 2020.

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