Summary
The director Tomáš Svoboda (1935-1981) died young, but his legacy lives on in Czech film history through two quirky, wacky feature comedies – Hodinářova svatební cesta korálovým mořem (The Clockmaker’s Honeymoon in the Coral Sea, 1979) and Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (Fools, Water Sprites and Impostors, 1980). They depict the lives of two prankster siblings – Petr (Jiří Lábus) and Zuzana (Dagmar Veškrnová). In the latter film, they embark on a trip with her naïve suitor, Karel (Luděk Sobota), and a store mannequin they nickname Ronald. At a campsite in southern Bohemia, they cause an uproar among amateur thespians staging Alois Jirásek’s play Lucerna. As it happens… they also expose a pair of fraudsters. This light-hearted romp has a dynamic cast, including Jiří Hrzán, in his final completed role.
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