Black and White Sylva

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Black and White Sylva

1962

0h 27m

8.3(3 votes)

Fantasy

Comedy

Music

Overview

A character from a musical film falls into the real world in this short, predating similar films by Woody Allen (The Purple Rose of Cairo) and Wojciech Marczewski (Escape from the 'Liberty' Cinema).

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Cast & crew

10 featured cast members

Starring

Zuzana Stivínová

Sylva

Václav Sloup

Felix le Breux

Lubomír Lipský

Jiří Lír

Jan Přeučil

František Němec

Jaroslav Kuneš

Arnošt Faltýnek

Josef Koza

(uncredited)

Creative team

Directed by: Jan Schmidt
Written by: Pavel Juráček

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