Town Unaware

Dušan Klein, 1975

Film at Filmový přehled

Summary

A film depicting a day in the life of criminal investigators in the Ostrava police department was one result of director Dušan Klein’s specialisation in crime and detective stories throughout the 1970s. Under the dramaturgic oversight of Oldřich Železný, screenwriters Karel Cop and Karel Štorkán created a trio of different and unrelated cases. Police search in vain for a missing 16-year old girl; succeed in arresting a mentally disturbed kidnapper of infants; and in a robbery case manage to arrest a pair of lovers about to cross the border into Poland, complete with their loot, albeit at the expense of an injury to one of the investigators… In his search for authenticity, Klein cast some lesser known actors in this film, which also benefited from realistic depictions of industrial Ostrava.
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About a film

Production year 1975
Countries Czechoslovakia
Categories film
Genres crime
Form feature
Duration 87 min
Director Dušan Klein
Cast František Řehák, Rudolf Jelínek, Vlastimil Hašek, Jan Kanyza, Jaromír Spal, Jiří Zahajský
Director of photography Jiří Stöhr
Screenplay Karel Štorkán, Karel Cop
Editor Josef Dobřichovský
Production designer Oldřich Bosák
Music Svatopluk Havelka
Sound designer František Strangmüller