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Mark of Cain
Genres
DramaHistoryAction
Overview
In 1866 the Prussians withdraw from the German alliance and declare war on Austria. A sergeant of this army forces a Czech young man named Ludvík Machl to execute himself by hanging. However, the unfortunate man's road to death had already begun earlier. Ludvík was one of the patriotic conspirators who, among other things, had seized money from the Austrian printing press. However, he was tracked down in his lodgings by the police, who discovered some of the looted money and a pistol. Unlike the three other conspirators, however, Commissioner Melc offers him his freedom - if Ludwig becomes an agent of the Austrian police. Frightened, Machl signs under duress...
Details
Budget
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Revenue
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Runtime
101 min
Release Date
1989-11-27
Status
Released
Original Language
Polish
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Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Olaf Lubaszenko
Ludvík Machl
Petr Čepek
Capt. Truxa
Wiktor Zborowski
Capt. Truxa (voice)
Anna Majcher
Kitty
Michał Pawlicki
Count Rożyński
Adam Ferency
Roman Zalewski
Jiří Kodet
Commissioner Lottes
Jerzy Kryszak
Commissioner Lottes (voice)
Sabina Laurinová
Lotka
Joanna Trzepiecińska
Lotka (voice)
Jan Přeučil
Melc
František Staněk
Albín Böhm
Daniel Landa
Klement Kubr
Miriam Kantorková
Hroudová
Marta Richterová
Andula
Jiří Němeček
Kleibl
Oldřich Velen
Police Councillor
Ivo Niederle
Stationmaster
Václav Bouška
Václav Kotva
Jan Kraus
Viktor Nejedlý
Karel Sekera
Zdeněk Srstka
Rotler
Pavel Grégr
Miloš Haken
Horseman
Piotr Pawłowski
Prussian General
Borys Marynowski
Prussian Heir Apparent
Leszek Teleszyński
Prussian Heir Apparent (voice)
Bolesław Abart
Prussian General
Eugeniusz Kujawski
Prussian General
Anna Garwolińska
Andrzej Mrozek
Andrzej Bielski
Jan Blecki
Marek Idziński
Mieczysław Janowski
Andrzej Kowalik
Blanka Blahníková
Ludvík's Mother
Lubomír Kostelka
Hana Militká
Luděk Žilka
Jiří Krytinář
Dwarf
František Michálek
J. Trnka
Oldřich Hrůza
Petr Záruba
Václav Fugner
Musician
Stanislav Halbich
Musician
František Hradil
Musician
Jaroslav Hrdina
Musician
František Maximovič
Musician
Ctibor Mestek
Musician
Karel Sommer
Musician
Václav Šimek
Musician
M. Urban
Musician
Slavomil Vrzal
Musician
Marek Bargiełowski
Inspector (voice)
Marek Kondrat
Narrator (voice)
Aleksander Gawroński
(voice)
Stanisław Gawlik
Councilman (voice)
Teresa Lipowska
Ludwik's Housekeeper (voice)
Jan Mateusz Nowakowski
(voice)
Stanisław Biczysko
(voice)
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