Playing with the Devil
Encyclopedia
Playing with the Devil is a 1945 Czech fairy-tale comedy play by playwright Jan Drda
. It was adapted into a 1956 film directed by Josef Mach
, with animated decorations by Josef Lada
, and starring popular actor Josef Bek. In 1979, another film adaptation was made in Poland
which is the one more remembered in European culture and continues to make this play popular. It was directed by Tadeusz Lis and starred well-known Polish actors Janusz Gajos
, Jerzy Kamas, Marian Kociniak, Marek Kondrat
.
Jan Drda
Jan Drda was a Czech prose writer and playwright.He was a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia since 1945...
. It was adapted into a 1956 film directed by Josef Mach
Josef Mach
Josef Mach was a Czech actor, screenwriter and film director.Josef Mach worked as a journalist and stage performer at the beginning of his career, then in 1938 was appointed assistant director of short films at Grafo Film Studio working with director Václav Kubásek...
, with animated decorations by Josef Lada
Josef Lada
Josef Lada was a Czech painter and writer.He is best known as the illustrator of Jaroslav Hašek's World War One novel The Good Soldier Švejk...
, and starring popular actor Josef Bek. In 1979, another film adaptation was made in Poland
Poland
Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...
which is the one more remembered in European culture and continues to make this play popular. It was directed by Tadeusz Lis and starred well-known Polish actors Janusz Gajos
Janusz Gajos
Janusz Gajos is a Polish actor.He graduated in 1965 from the National Film School in Łódź as one of its best students despite having been rejected during entrance exams for three times. He debuted while he was still in film school in children's film Panienka z okienka in 1964...
, Jerzy Kamas, Marian Kociniak, Marek Kondrat
Marek Kondrat
Marek Kondrat – Polish TV, film and theatrical actor, director.In 2007 he planned to revolutionize the Polish domestic wine market by introducing Winarium wine stores in every city with a population of over 100,000.- Awards :...
.
Cast
- Josef Bek as Martin Jacket
- Eva Klepáčová as Katcha
- Alena Vránová as Dišperanda
- František Smolík as Scholasticus
- Jaroslav Vojta as Sarka Farka
- Bohuš Záhorský as King
- Stanislav Neumann as Omnimor
- František Filipovský as Karborund
- Josef Vinklář as Lucius
- Ladislav Pešek as Belzebub
- Vladimír Ráž as Solfernus
- Rudolf Deyl, Jr. as Belial
- Antonín Šůra as Theofil
- Josef Mixa as Hubert
- Jiřina Bílá as farmer's wife with food