Vandiny trampoty

Vandiny trampoty

1938 · ★ 10.0 · Comedy

The likeable and charming Vanda Karhanová has problems in every job because of her appearance. So when she is about to start a new job, she decides to decisively prevent similar problems. She adjusts and dresses in a way that men do not notice her and do not pay attention to her. She has no idea that she will cause even more problems for herself, and not only because she now bears an uncanny resemblance to the millionaire Czech-American Ruth Baretová, who ran away from home to avoid getting married. First, Vanda is mistakenly arrested and ends up in the police station, so she cannot return to work. At the factory, they suspect her of having disappeared with a large sum of money that they had entrusted to her to deposit in the bank. Then the whole situation is complicated by the arrival of the real Miss Baretová.

Directed by Miroslav Cikán · Written by Čeněk Šlégl

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Věra Ferbasová Vanda Karhanová / Ruth Baretová
Theodor Pištěk Baret
Jiří Dohnal Jiří Vydra
František Paul Edgar Valach
Vlasta Hrubá Anča Hadrabová
František Černý Patera
František Filipovský Krouský
Mařenka Zieglerová manželka továrníka Krouského
František Kreuzmann Malý
Alois Dvorský Kutil
Jaroslav Marvan policejní inspektor
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