
The Merry Wives
Comedy · History
Overview
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor.
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Zdeněk Štěpánek
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Mikulas Dacicky of Heslov
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Mikulas Dacicky of Heslov


Ladislav Pešek
Ladislav Pešek
Ocko
Ladislav Pešek
Ocko


Václav Vydra
Václav Vydra
Wilhelm z Vřesovic
Václav Vydra
Wilhelm z Vřesovic
Helena Friedlová
Helena Friedlová
Ludmilla
Helena Friedlová
Ludmilla


František Smolík
František Smolík
Alderman Triska
František Smolík
Alderman Triska


Jiřina Šejbalová
Jiřina Šejbalová
Sofia Triska
Jiřina Šejbalová
Sofia Triska


Theodor Pištěk
Theodor Pištěk
Squire Vodnansky
Theodor Pištěk
Squire Vodnansky


Antonie Nedošinská
Antonie Nedošinská
Vodnansky's Wife
Antonie Nedošinská
Vodnansky's Wife


Elena Hálková
Elena Hálková
Eva
Elena Hálková
Eva


Gustav Hilmar
Gustav Hilmar
Gustav Hilmar
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