Josef Váchal's 1924 novel toyed with stereotypes drawn from lurid literary trash, and the work serves as the starting point for a film adaptation displaying high visual stylization. Director and cameraman Jaroslav Brabec translated this literary work into movie language by making ironic use of generic and esthetic models from cinema's earliest beginnings to the talkies era.

Cast / Ondřej Pavelka , Raoul Schránil , Jiřina Jelenská , Jakub Saic , Klára Jirsáková , Veronika Freimanová , Rudolf Hrušínský ml. , Vladimír Marek    Writer / Jaroslav Brabec    Story / Josef Váchal    DoP / Jaroslav Brabec    Editor / Jiří Brožek    Sound / Jiří Hora , Ivo Špalj    Music / Jiří Šust

Release date / 06 May 1993