Summary
After a two-year hiatus, Vlasta Burian returned to the screen in 1937 in a film in which the popular actor was supported by his tried-and-trusted collaborators – screenwriter Václav Wasserman and director Martin Frič. In the “sensational” plot, he was given his favoured comic role as a police employee Vincenc Babočka, who gives vent to his neglected crime-fighting ambitions while on holiday in Karlovy Vary. Thanks to his likeness to an adventurer called Weber, Babočka gets an opportunity to expose a criminal who intends to steal diamonds from the maharajah of Yohir. The character of the real Weber and Babočka’s disguise as Prince Nariškin provided Burian with the chance to play various characters with no holds barred. Other roles in this movie, which was a big hit with audiences, were played by Jaroslav Marvan, Čeněk Šlégl, and Antonín Novotný.
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