---
title: 'Playing with the Devil (1957)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Josef Mach'
released: '1957-04-26'
runtime_minutes: 97
genres:
  - 'Comedy'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/playing-with-the-devil-1957'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0231761/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Playing with the Devil (1957)

1957 · 97 min · Comedy · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Hrátky s čertem

## Synopsis

Playing with the Devil is a 1956 Czech fairy-tale comedy film by Josef Mach based on a 1945 play by Jan Drda. Set decorations were painted by Josef Lada.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Josef Mach](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-mach)
- **Screenplay:** [Josef Mach](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-mach), [Jan Drda](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-drda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Srnka](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-srnka)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jan Stallich](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-stallich)
- **Editor:** [Josef Dobřichovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dobrichovsky)

## Cast

- [Eman Fiala](https://cinepixo.com/people/eman-fiala)
- [František Liška](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-liska)
- [Vítězslav Černý](https://cinepixo.com/people/vitezslav-cerny)
- [Jaroslav Vojta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-vojta)
- [Jan Otakar Martin](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-otakar-martin)
- [Otto Ohnesorg](https://cinepixo.com/people/otto-ohnesorg)
- [Antonín Šůra](https://cinepixo.com/people/antonin-sura)
- [Helena Kefurtová](https://cinepixo.com/people/helena-kefurtova)
- [Rudolf Princ](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-princ)
- [Lubomír Bryg](https://cinepixo.com/people/lubomir-bryg)
- [Ladislav Pešek](https://cinepixo.com/people/ladislav-pesek)
- [Martin Artur Raus](https://cinepixo.com/people/martin-artur-raus)
- [Bohuslav Kupšovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohuslav-kupsovsky)
- [Oskar Hák](https://cinepixo.com/people/oskar-hak)
- [Elen Tanasco](https://cinepixo.com/people/elen-tanasco)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/playing-with-the-devil-1957
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