Adéla jeste nevecerela (1978)

Director:

Oldrich Lipský

Writers:

Jirí Brdecka (story)
Oldrich Lipský (scenario collaborator)

Release Date:

August 1978 (Czechoslovakia)

Genre:

Comedy | Crime

Plot:

When the famous detective Nick Carter visits Prague, he becomes involved in strange case of a missing dog and even stranger carnivorous plant...

Plot Keywords:

Dog | Detective | Absurd Humor | Surrealism | 1900s

Awards:

2 wins & 1 nomination

Cast

Michal Docolomanský	...	Detective Nick Carter / Countryman Larry Matejka
Rudolf Hrusínský	...	Commisar Ledvina
Milos Kopecký	...	Gardener
Ladislav Pesek	...	Professor Albín Bocek
Nada Konvalinková	...	Kvetuska
Václav Lohniský	...	Kratzmar's chamberlain
Kveta Fialová	...	Countess Thun
Olga Schoberová	...	Karin - countess companion
Martin Ruzek	...	Chevalier Franz von Kaunitz
Karel Effa	...	Baddy / Veteran
Zdenek Díte	...	Hotel manager
Vladimír Hrabánek	...	Entertainer in the cabaret
Myrtil Frída	...	Fop in the cabaret
Jirí Brdecka	...	Colonel in the cabaret
Vítezslav Cerny	...	Pork butcher

Also Known As:

Adéla ještě nevečeřela (Czechoslovakia: Czech title)
Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
Adele Hasn't Had Her Supper Yet
Dinner for Adele
Nick Carter in Prague

Runtime:

102 min

Country:

Czechoslovakia

Language:

Czech

Color:

Black and White | Color (Eastmancolor)

Aspect Ratio:

2.35 : 1

Sound Mix:

Mono

Company:

Ustredni Pujcovna Filmu

Trivia:

Carnivorous plant named Adela was not a prop, but real plant (though not, of course, carnivorous). A specialist from a local university was required to take care about the plant during the filming.

Movie Connections:

Edited into Ten Minutes Older: The Cello (2002)

Great parody of Nick Carter the pulp magazine detective

A movie with great effects that make you wonder how it was possible at those days. Specially the fall of Nick Carter from the balloon. Director combines real actors and the great skill of animators in his country. This very campy movie was released in Slovakia (1996) on VHS in PAL-format.