Czech noir so sleek it'll steal your attention—and maybe your research protocols.
From a scientific enterprise, a large sum of money has been stolen, in addition, research protocols have been photographed...
Direction
Rychman's economic storytelling—no frame wasted.
Cinematography
Shadowy labs and sterile corridors as moral maps.
Director
Ladislav Rychman
Vladimír Ráž
Dr. Václav Pánek
Václav Voska
Dr. Vladimír Gajdos
Irena Kačírková
Dr. Lída Kafková
Rudolf Deyl
Sebek - captain of SNB
Jan Pivec
Driver Hába
Ladislav Pešek
Karel Chládek
Vladimír Hlavatý
Janitor
Jaroslav Marvan
Zouplna
Felix le Breux
Director
Miloš Nedbal
Ing. Karel Vlach
Mirko Musil
Policeman
Miloš Vavruška
Investigator #2
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the brief Czechoslovak New Wave precursor period, when state-approved crime films sneaked in stylistic rebellion.
Ráž and Voska were frequent collaborators; their on-screen rivalry here mirrors their real-life competition for leading man status at Prague's National Theatre.
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