Summary
In actor Joseph Kemr’s 1970s filmography, an honourable place goes to the protagonist of this 1978 drama made by proven director Jaroslav Balík. The experienced Kemr played Piskáček, an ageing fairground stuntman who performs his travelling shows under the stage title “Alfieri and the Wall of Death”. Linking up with young biker Milan, Piskáček is able to fulfil his long dreamed of “Globe of Death” in which he is tremendously eager to show off his skills. However, his daughter Esmeralda and new partner Milan have a surprise in store for him... Other roles in this story of social outsiders went to Lubomír Paulovič (Milan) and Eva Sitteová, who also took parts in the Balík films Stín létajícího ptáčka (Shadow of a Flying Bird, 1977) and Zrcadlení (Reflections, 1977). Piskáček’s old friend Fery was rendered by Josef Somr.
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