Black and White Sylva (1962)
A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).
Top billed cast
Zuzana StivínováSylva
Václav Sloup
Felix le Breux
Lubomír Lipský
Jiří Lír
Jan Přeučil
František Němec- Jaroslav Kuneš
- Arnošt Faltýnek
- Josef Koza
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