Run, Waiter, Run!

1981

1h 28m

7.1(39 votes)

Comedy

Overview

A comedy concerning a down on his luck bookshop owner with a penchant for women who decides to make some money by pretending to be a waiter and collecting cash from unsuspecting diners.

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83 members

Acting

Josef Abrhám

Dalibor Vrána

Acting

Libuše Šafránková

Helenka Vránová

Writing

Zdeněk Svěrák

Pařízek

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Daniela Bakerová

Pařízková

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Eliška Balzerová

prodavačka Věra

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Jiří Kodet

Rudy

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Dagmar Patrasová

Manuela

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Karel Augusta

Ludva

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Zuzana Fišerová

Douchová

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Jiří Hálek

profesor Přikryl

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Jiří Lír

rozčilený host

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Milada Ježková

Váchová

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Ilja Racek

opilý muž u motorestu

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Filip Smoljak

Unknown Role

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Jaroslava Kretschmerová

svatebčanka

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Miloslav Štibich

Unknown Role

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Jana Altmannová

Unknown Role

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Václav Mareš

Unknown Role

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Petr Popelka

Unknown Role

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Jana Březinová

Unknown Role

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Jan Kašpar

Unknown Role

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Jan Hraběta

Unknown Role

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Ivan Pokorný

Unknown Role

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Jiří Knot

Unknown Role

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Miroslav Vladyka

inženýr Robert

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Bedřich Prokoš

Unknown Role

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Pavel Havránek

Unknown Role

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Hana Čížková

Unknown Role

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Pavel Vondruška

Unknown Role

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Jaroslav Weigel

Unknown Role

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František Olšovský

Unknown Role

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Ivan Wiesner

Young Man

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Jan Prokeš

Unknown Role

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Stanislava Bartošová

Unknown Role

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Ilona Vaňková

Unknown Role

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Crew

David Smoljak

Unknown Role

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Jan Němeček

Honzík

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Aleš Jánský

Slávek

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Lucie Horová

Květa

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Ladislav Smoljak

psovod

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Josef Koudelka

Unknown Role

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Jaroslav Vozáb

Unknown Role

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Karel Šíp

Unknown Role

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Boris Rösner

vyšetřovatel Bačák

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Jiří Bednář

Unknown Role

Costume & Make-Up

Helena Dubová

Unknown Role

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Milan Duchek

Photographer

Writing

Iva Hercíková

Unknown Role

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Milan Klacek

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Milena Glogarová

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Ludmila Krajíčková

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Blažena Kramešová

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Jan Kuželka

Unknown Role

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Jindřich Narenta

Unknown Role

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Vít Pešina

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Zdeněk Skalický

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Camera

Josef Střecha

Man with a Scarf

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Renata Mašková

nevěsta

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Zdeněk Zelenka

Unknown Role

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Ladislav Trojan

Unknown Role

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Jana Vychodilová

Unknown Role

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Vlasta Žehrová

Unknown Role

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Jan Vávra

Unknown Role

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Gabriela Wilhelmová

Unknown Role

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A. Šlajsová

Unknown Role

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Jiří Pokora

Unknown Role

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Vladimír Hrabánek

Unknown Role

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Alexej Pyško

Unknown Role

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Vladimír Žižka

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Věra Kočišová

Violin Player

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Václav Kotva

Unknown Role

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Bohumil Fišer

Unknown Role

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Production

Rudolf Svěcený

Unknown Role

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Slávka Hamouzová

Unknown Role

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Vaclav Eisenhamer

Unknown Role

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Terezie Smoljaková

Unknown Role

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Dagmar Smoljaková

Unknown Role

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Kateřina Smoljaková

Unknown Role

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Alžběta Smoljaková

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Karel Engel

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Běla Jurdová

Cloakroom Attendant (voice)

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Ivo Gübel

Man with a Scarf (voice) / Waiter in Karlovy Vary (voice)

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Martin Velda

Young Man (voice)

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