Currency and Peace

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Currency and Peace

1988

1h 30m

6.8(16 votes)

Drama

Crime

Overview

Martin is an innocent lad from small-town Mlada Boleslav who comes to big-city Prague, hoping to exchange his krona for deutschemarks so that he can visit Germany. A local spiv named Robert obliges Martin, but at an unfair exchange rate. When Martin finds out he was rooked, he plans revenge on Robert ... but then decides to join Robert's gang instead.

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86 members

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Jan Potměšil

Martin

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Veronika Jeníková

Eva

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Josef Nedorost

Robert

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Tomáš Hanák

Hary

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Roman Skamene

Bíny

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Miloslav Kopečný

Bankéř

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Vítězslav Jirsák

Martin's Dad

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Miloš Čálek

Benák

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František Švihlík

Karel

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Ludvík Pozník

Kovo

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Jiří Fero Burda

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Writing

Marta Kadlečíková

French

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Jaroslav Kohák

Veselý

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Miroslav Jíra

Veselý's Son

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Bedřich Čapek

Holý

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Pavel Spálený

Taxi Driver

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Dana Skolková

Barmaid

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Vladimír Švabík

Esplanade Gatekeeper

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Jan Křížek

Cheif Justice

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Miloslav Moravec

Attorney

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Jitka Hoferková

Associate Justice

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Václav Čížkovský

Džordžo

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Ladislav Goral

Gipsy

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Zdenek Sirový

Viki

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Otto Rambousek

Rampa

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Josef Husák

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Ladislav Balous

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Michal Caban

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Matouš Forbelský

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Miloslav Halík

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Georgi Ivanov

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Petr Koutecký

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Jaroslav Klenot

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Petr Růžička

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Jiří Sirotek

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Josef Sýkora

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Radoslav Špirhanzl

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Jiří Štrébl

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Petr Weig

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Věra Víchová

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Lenka Vychodilová

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Jan Cmíral

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Vlastimil Čaněk

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Martin Čumpelík

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Karel Engel

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Jiří Klenot

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Pavel Krátký

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Ladislav Lahoda

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Miloslav Mejzlík

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Miroslav Maruška

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František Stupka

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Václav Šrámek

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Aleš Najbrt

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Martin Vysušil

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Pavel Kopenec

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Petr Drozda

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Viktorie Knotková

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Veronika Launová

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Jitka Kraferová

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Michaela Srbová

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Ilja Bernasová

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Helena Fleischerová

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Monika Herbichová

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Andrea Sedláčková

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Jitka Svobodová

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Lenka Vlachová

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Viktor Červenka

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Bohumil Hyneš

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Martin Janský

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Pavel Kunášek

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Jaroslav Šimonka

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Jaroslav Tomsa

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Dimo Lipitkovský

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Karel Vávrovec

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Vladimír Tišer

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Jiří Čakura

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Zoltán Farbár

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Milan Šenki

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Jaroslav Zbilý

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Michal Matek

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Jiří Petkov

Head Waiter in the Hotel

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Antonín Lehký

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Jaromír Lukáš

Restaurant Manager

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Václav Erban

TV announcer (voice)

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Dalimil Klapka

Esplanade Gatekeeper (voice)

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Jan Kuželka

Head Waiter in the Hotel (voice)

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