When famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant. He becomes convinced that he is standing against his greatest enemy, the Gardener, who supposedly died years ago in a swamp...
Practical Effects
The man-eating plant puppet is gloriously unconvincing.
Production
Gothic Prague locations reimagined as dime-store America.
Costume
Carter's mustard suit deserves its own billing.
Director
Oldřich Lipský
Michal Dočolomanský
Detective Nick Carter / Larry Matejka
Rudolf Hrušínský
komisař Ledvina
Miloš Kopecký
baron Rupert von Kratzmar
Ladislav Pešek
profesor Albín Boček
Naďa Konvalinková
Květuška
Václav Lohniský
komorník
Květa Fialová
hraběnka Thunová
Olga Schoberová
Karin
Martin Růžek
baron Franz von Kaunitz
Karel Effa
špeh
Zdeněk Dítě
ředitel hotelu
Jiří Brdečka
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during normalization-era Czechoslovakia, the film's affectionate mockery of American pulp heroes was officially safer than satirizing local politics. Carter's absurd competence became a sly escape valve.
The carnivorous plant was operated by puppeteers from the legendary Jiří Trnka studio, explaining why it moves with more personality than some human co-stars.
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