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Mandrake
He was 15 – an innocent from a small village, soon to be trapped in the erotic underworld of Prague.
Genres
Drama
Overview
Marek is a 15-year-old from a provincial village who runs away to Prague when he begins to fail at school. He is mugged shortly after arriving in the city and is rescued by Honza with the promise of work. Marek is taken to an apartment, drugged, and becomes a male prostitute. He is a bit smarter than his colleagues and teams up with a friend, David, in order to go after bigger scores – to cash in and get out. They manage to stash away a bit of money, but when it comes time to return home, Marek loses his nerve and is soon back in the city.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
126 min
Release Date
1997-10-22
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
28
Vote Average
5.679
Cast
Meet the talented actors who bring the movie to life.
Miroslav Čáslavka
Marek
David Švec
David
Pavel Skřípal
Honza
Kostas Zerdaloglu
Krysa
Miroslav Breu
Libor
Jiří Kodeš
Otec
Karel Polišenský
Saša
Richard Toth
George
Jiri Pachmann
Mr. Franta
Pavel Kočí
Rudy
Jitka Smutná
Krysa's Wife
Jiří Kaftan
Břetislav Farský
Michell Turchetti
Tomáš Petrák
Pavel Weisser
Michal Fait
Steve Fisher
Pavel Fuchman
Michael Halstead
Petr Vostárek
Pavel Šedivý
Vladimír Souček
Tomáš Doležal
Petr Molek
Zdeněk Heinc
Ivo Kopunec
Jiří Lazebníček
Martin Hospůdka
František Horváth
Ondřej Slavík
Martin Čížkovský
Jiří Šmaus
Ivan Špírek
Jana Mikolášková
Iva Pattersonová
Tomáš Hrbek
Jiří Novotný
Pavlína Nevrlá
Michaela Kubíková
Marcel Šebek
Tomáš Leicht
Pavel Krapf
Radek Taraba
Jiří Fröhlich
Vlastimil Bůžek
Tomáš Tomešek
Ondřej Suchopár
Petr Cihlář
Václav Procházka
Jan Hnětkovský
František Jaroš
Jakub Drocar
Ladislav Černý
Alexander Gabčo
Michal Zeman
Petr Šedý
Lukáš Vyvlečka
Sergey Fedishin
Jaroslav Krameš
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