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How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

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Status

Released

Release Date

Mar 1, 1975

Runtime

2h 0m

Genres

Comedy, Fantasy

User Score

67%

Original Title

Jak utopit dr. Mráčka aneb Konec vodníků v Čechách

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Director

Václav Vorlíček

Description

There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He changes to fish, is mistaken for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears... and so on...