When the yacht of her former lover Mario Tudor arrives in Split, widowed Countess de Milesi, plagued by financial troubles, is hell-bent on selling him a fake copy of an expensive painting.
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Theodor Pištěk
Mario Tudor
Jiřina Sedláčková
Phoebe
Leopolda Dostalová
Kate de Milesi
Nancy Rubensová
Džidžeta Dundová
Marie Grossová
Anny
Antonín Novotný
Keko de Milesi
Zvonimir Rogoz
Lee Prentice
Čeněk Šlégl
Mome
Jaroslav Marvan
Rudže
Bedřich Vrbský
Barna
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