Regie:
Miroslav BalajkaScenario:
Ivo PelantCamera:
Roman PavlíčekMuziek:
Václav VondráčekActeurs:
Rudolf Hrušínský ml., Simona Stašová, Libuše Šafránková, Pavel Kříž, Martha Issová, Karel Zima, Naďa Konvalinková, Milena Steinmasslová, Jaromír Dulava, Rostislav Novák st., Zdeněk Vencl (meer)Recensie (2)
A television play based on absurd exaggeration, dialogue, and a very decent cast, including a four-legged actor in the story. Honestly, the screenplay isn't anything exceptional, and the direction is average for a television production. However, Simona Stašová completely embodies her role as the dominant, haughty official, while the bearded Hrušínský is almost unrecognizable next to his canine colleague, and Libuše Šafránková's usual shy, endearing smile is enough to make her the third part of a marital triangle. Pavel Kříž crowns it all with his monologues, as if they were lifted from some forgotten play by Ionesco. Strangely enough, it all holds together despite being first-rate madness. Overall impression 60%.
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"Police? My husband is missing. His name is Otík." These words are uttered through terrible fury played by Simona Stašová sometime during the second third of the film - it's the first thing since the opening credits that one can laugh at. And if it hadn't been for Libuše Šafránková's final invasion of the psychiatrist's office, it would have been the last thing. This film was simply not a success and without the well-trained dog and those few moments, even Rudolf Hrušínský wouldn't have had any interest in it.
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