
The Pipes
This three-part Austrian/Czech comedy stretches the boundaries of what is considered to be humorous. Part one finds a silent film actor upset because of a rival actor's attention to the former's wife. When he kills his rival, it is only when he is strapped to the electric chair that he realizes that this is his last live scene. The second episode has the wife of an elderly British nobleman having an affair with the young gamekeeper of their estate. Part three finds a peasant woman taking a lover when her husband goes off to fight the war.
Cast

Václav Lohniský
Director

Vladimír Hrubý

Vladimír Menšík

Miloš Kopecký
George Randy (voice)

Waldemar Matuška
Marcello

Jiřina Jirásková
Mary Randy (voice)

Nadja Tiller

Vít Olmer
Lord William

Jana Andresíková

Vivi Bach
Else

Gerhard Riedmann
Kurt

František Hanus
Pipe Seller (voice)

Zdeněk Řehoř
Priest (voice)

Walter Giller
George Randy

Gitte Hænning
Mary Randy

Karel Effa

Richard Münch
Lord Edward Grayton

Juraj Herz
William Poker

Josef Hlinomaz

Oldřich Velen

Jana Brejchová
Lady Mary

Jan Kačer

Felix le Breux
Lord Edward Grayton (voice)

Iva Janžurová
Else (voice)

Jiří Sovák
Kurt (voice)