The Pipes

The Pipes

85 mins | Comedy | Aug. 30, 1966

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.

The Pipes

85 mins | Comedy | Aug. 30, 1966

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.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov, Constantin Film Wien
Original title Dýmky
Directors Jaromír Dvořáček, Vojtěch Jasný
Writers Bedřich Kubala, Ilya Ehrenburg, Vojtěch Jasný

Cast

Walter Giller

as George Randy

Gitte Hænning

as Mary Randy

Juraj Herz

as William Poker

Václav Lohniský

as Director

Jana Brejchová

as Lady Mary

Richard Münch

as Lord Edward Grayton

Vít Olmer

as Lord William

Vivi Bach

as Else

Waldemar Matuška

as Marcello

Miloš Kopecký

as George Randy (voice)

Jiřina Jirásková

as Mary Randy (voice)

Felix le Breux

as Lord Edward Grayton (voice)

František Hanus

as Pipe Seller (voice)

Zdeněk Řehoř

as Priest (voice)

Iva Janžurová

as Else (voice)

Jiří Sovák

as Kurt (voice)