How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer

Jak utopit doktora Mrácka aneb Konec vodniku v Cechách

Czechoslovakia

1974

96 Min

Color

Czech

Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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SCR Petr Markov, Milos Macourek, Václav Vorlíček

CAST Libuse Safránková, Jaromír Hanzlík, František Filipovský, Milos Kopecký, Vladimír Menšík, Zdenek Rehor, Stella Zázvorková

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 mistaked for water spirit from Germany, is drowned and revived again. The other problem is the flour with ears… and so on… —IMDb

Director

Václav Vorlíček

Václav Vorlíček (b. 1930, Prague) graduated in direction in 1956 from Prague’s Film Academy (FAMU). He began directing on his own at the beginning of the sixties, gaining greatest popularity and recognition in the comedy and fairy-tale genres. He has often worked with author and screenwriter Miloš Macourek and their cooperation has produced a number of successful titles which generally pit the fantastic world of special effects against the reality of contemporary life. Filmography (selected): Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966), Mr. Foustka’s Dog Spells Trouble for Agent W4C (1967), “Sir, You’re a Widow!” (1970), The Girl on the Broomstick (1971), Three Nuts for Cinderella (1973), How to Drown Dr. Mráček, or The End of Water Sprites in Bohemia (1974), How About Some Spinach? (1977), The Prince and Evening Star (1978), Rumburak (1984), The Magic Pouch (1996), The Firebird (1997), Queen of the Lake (1998), The Falcon King (2000). Václav Vorlíček’s films have often been honoured at both domestic… read more