How to Take in a Lawyer

Vladimír Čech, 1980

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Summary

For a short period it seemed the actor Miloš Kopecký was enjoying playing only lawyers. A year after Jaromil Jireš’s successful tragicomedy Causa Králík (The Rabbit Case, 1979) he appeared in director Vladimír Čech’s easygoing picture Jak napálit advokáta (How to Take in a Lawyer, 1980). It was to be the last film in the director’s long career. It tells the story of the lawyer Hořic who specialises in motoring disputes. In the course of his practice he meets with a variety of clients. The conscientious small-town lawyer does not resolve any vitally serious disputes, although sometimes he has to attend interrogations or do a little detective work. He determines the correct amount of compensation during a car crash, he establishes the innocence of a man who has hit a cyclist and comes across a fraud involving emergency vehicles. In addition to the masterful Kopecký, the film’s talented cast included Marie Rosůlková as the hero’s mother.
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About a film

Production year 1980
Countries Czechoslovakia
Categories film
Genres narrative
Form feature
Duration 76 min
Director Vladimír Čech
Cast Miloš Kopecký, Michaela Mišková, Josef Větrovec, Luděk Munzar, Jitka Havlíčková
Director of photography Rudolf Stahl ml.
Screenplay Milan Růžička, Karel Friml
Editor Jan Chaloupek
Production designer Jaroslav Krška
Music Štěpán Lucký
Sound designer Jiří Lenoch