
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

Juraj Herz
William Poker

Josef Hlinomaz

Vít Olmer
Lord William

Waldemar Matuška
Marcello

Václav Lohniský
Director

Oldřich Velen

Gerhard Riedmann
Kurt

Jiřina Jirásková
Mary Randy (voice)

František Hanus
Pipe Seller (voice)

Iva Janžurová
Else (voice)

Gitte Hænning
Mary Randy

Vladimír Hrubý

Richard Münch
Lord Edward Grayton

Jana Andresíková

Walter Giller
George Randy

Nadja Tiller

Miloš Kopecký
George Randy (voice)

Zdeněk Řehoř
Priest (voice)

Karel Effa

Vladimír Menšík

Felix le Breux
Lord Edward Grayton (voice)

Jiří Sovák
Kurt (voice)

Jana Brejchová
Lady Mary

Jan Kačer

Vivi Bach
Else