Summary
Lubomír Lipský plays Lebeda, a member of the police force, in this 1966 comedy. The traffic cop enjoys making sure everything runs smoothly in his small town. But one day, he unwittingly becomes entangled in a burglary when he helps two men load up a truck with stolen goods. Lebeda decides to rectify his mistake and tries to seek out the criminals on his own time – but such initiative only creates fresh headaches. Director Pavel Blumenfeld’s final feature film is a rare 1960s crime comedy. Alongside the much-loved star Lubomír Lipský, the director also gives much room to the First Republic-era comic Věřa Ferbasová. Blumenfeld’s film seeks to parody certain contemporary filmmaking techniques (for example those seen in 1964’s Démanty noci – Diamonds of the Night, by director Jan Němec). The film’s title is inspired by an unusual label on a box of matches owned by the lead character’s son (13 year-old Jan Kraus).
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