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As Good as Poison
Genres
DramaComedy
Overview
Engineer Pavel Hnyk is successful at work, but not very happy in his private life. He is approaching his fiftieth birthday and he can't shake the feeling that life is slipping away from him. The most effective medicine for such woes is amorous adventures, and Pavel indulges in them. His wife Alice is a lawyer by profession, so she knows about such cases, and because she is a wise woman, she passes them over in silence. One day, however, a new colleague appears at Pavel's workplace - the charming Slovakian Julie. A friendly relationship soon turns into a love affair, and over time it grows into a headless, destructive passion that cares for nothing and no one...
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
76 min
Release Date
1986-07-01
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
4
Vote Average
6.5
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Zdeněk Svěrák
Pavel Hnyk
Ivona Krajčovičová
Julka Tomčányová
Libuše Švormová
Alice
Václav Švorc
Zounek
Ladislava Kozderková
Vlasta
František Řehák
Hula
František Husák
Gelner
Vladimír Durdík ml.
Dana Balounová
Věra Tichánková
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Martička Krásová
Jaromíra Mílová
Vendulka
Anna Ferencová
Karel Smyczek
Boris Halmi
Jaroslav Someš
Jiří Tomek
Michal Suchánek
Alice Chrtková
Vladimír Švabík
Gatekeeper
Bedřich Čapek
Gizela Veclová
Marián Gajdoš
Ján Bzdúch
Pavel Vondruška
Jana Altmannová
Jimmy Bunzl
Jan Cmíral
Zdena Lukášová
Iva Petříčková
Olga Rosenfelderová
Zdena Rulcová
Jan Hraběta
Jiřina Zemanová
Helena Bártlová
Natalie Švabíková
Erich Fichtner
Jan Laibl
Šárka Štembergová
Věra Kalendová
Jiřina Jelenská
Rudolf Polesný
Pavel Myslík
Zbyněk Červenka
Musician
Jaroslav Klán
Musician
Karel Kroužil
Musician
František Pokorný
Musician
Karel Sobotka
Musician
František Šůcha
Musician
Miriam Kantorková
Martička Krásová (voice)
Sylva Sequensová
Vendulka (voice)
Dalimil Klapka
Gatekeeper (voice)
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