Death of a Talented Shoemaker

Jan Schmidt, 1982

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Summary

Seasoned director Jan Schmidt helms this 1982 crime drama, based on a detective novel by writer Václav Erben. Dapper Prague criminologist Michal Exner, played by Jiří Kodet, tries in vain to spend a peaceful holiday in the town of Opolná. On the day of Exner’s arrival, someone murders shoemaker Rambousek – also a successful, and thus rich, local artist. Exner is dragged into investigating the case, which also leads to a love affair with beautiful castle guide Lída (Jana Boušková)… The central character of Erben’s novels was previously portrayed by Jiří Vala in Poklad byzantského kupce (The Treasure of a Byzantine Merchant, 1966). In the crime drama Čas pracuje pro vraha (Time Works for the Murderer, 1979) – an adaptation of the novel Efektivně mrtvá žena (The Efficiently Dead Woman) – Exner’s hero, renamed Captain Marha, was played by František Němec.
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About a film

Production year 1982
Countries Czechoslovakia
Categories film
Genres detective
Form feature
Duration 81 min
Director Jan Schmidt
Cast Jiří Kodet, Antonín Hardt, Karel Chromík, Jana Boušková, Miroslav Zounar, Karel Augusta
Director of photography Jiří Macák
Screenplay Václav Erben, Jan Schmidt
Editor Miroslav Hájek
Production designer Jindřich Goetz
Artist Vlasta Dlouhá, Jan Vachuda
Music Otakar Petřina
Sound designer František Fabián