Štvorylka (1956)
A comedy film taking an ironic view of the bourgeois period prior to the First World War.
Top billed cast
Viliam ZáborskýZoltán Lálik
František DibarboraBranecký- Vladimír ZimmerDr. Ráznik
- Lea JuríčkováMálika Láliková
- Eva KrížikováDarinka
- Erika BauerováOlinka Láliková
Jozef KronerSásik- Hana GrissováAdela Sásiková
František Krištof-VeselýArpád von Rumplay
Otto LackovičMiško
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