Movie · 1981
The Mysterious Castle in the Carpathians
Released 2 October 1981 More from 1981 → Letterboxd ↗ · TMDB ↗
In 1897, in a castle near the town of Werewolfville in the Carpithians, a slightly deranged Professor Orfanik experiments with his new inventions which include, even at this early date, television and a film camera. He is also an obsessed opera fan, keeps the body of his favorite diva preserved in a crypt in the castle. In order to keep away nosy visitors, the baron's mad-scientist assistant invents all sorts of spooky phenomena in order to give the castle a creepy reputation.
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How old were they?
Vlastimil Brodský
as komorník Ignác
Rudolf Hrušínský
as vynálezce Orfánik
Miloš Kopecký
as Baron Gorc z Gorců
Helena Růžičková
as Zpévacka
Michal Dočolomanský
as Count Teleke of Tölökö
Jiří Knot
Jan Hartl
as lesní adjunkt Vilja Dézi
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
as snoubenka lesního adjunkta
Jaroslava Kretschmerová
as Salsa Verde (voice)
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The numbers
34years between the oldest and youngest billed
60Vlastimil Brodský — oldest on the call sheet
26Jaroslava Kretschmerová — youngest billed
42average age of the credited cast