
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

Vladimír Menšík

Jan Kačer

Jiřina Jirásková
Mary Randy (voice)

Jiří Sovák
Kurt (voice)

Walter Giller
George Randy

Waldemar Matuška
Marcello

Iva Janžurová
Else (voice)

Karel Effa

Gerhard Riedmann
Kurt

Miloš Kopecký
George Randy (voice)

Zdeněk Řehoř
Priest (voice)

Gitte Hænning
Mary Randy

Václav Lohniský
Director

Josef Hlinomaz

Vít Olmer
Lord William

František Hanus
Pipe Seller (voice)

Vladimír Hrubý

Nadja Tiller

Vivi Bach
Else

Felix le Breux
Lord Edward Grayton (voice)

Oldřich Velen

Jana Brejchová
Lady Mary

Jana Andresíková

Richard Münch
Lord Edward Grayton