Summary
Eva Prošková’s literary works inspired just one film that made it to the silver screen, namely this 1977 picture from Otakar Fuka. Numerous other works by the author were adapted for television productions, and the writer herself contributed to the script of the 1977 TV crime story Přízrak (Phantom) directed by Dušan Klein. Prošková’s story Prostý případ statistiky (A Simple Case of Statistics) included in the compilation Tajemství obří číše (The Secret of a Giant Goblet, 1973) describes the search for the murderer of Ms Nejtková. In the investigation as presented by Zlaté rybky (The Gold Fish), captain Hora (Radovan Lukavský) runs into trouble with the victim’s husband. He claims to be the culprit and to have wounded himself with a shotgun afterwards. And there is another mystery: the tender-heartedness shown by the murderer towards the fish in the tank… On the one hand, the motion picture displays good filmmaking craftsmanship, but on the other it does not avoid a somewhat over-prejudiced stance against abusers of medical drugs. On the acting side, Oldřich Vízner excelled in the part of a young drug addict suspected of involvement in the crime.
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