Císaruv pekar - Pekaruv císar

Western audiences not familiar with the individual nature of the counties of Eastern Europe are probably unaware that each country has a very distinct character: Czech cinema, for example, has an understated whimsy quite unlike its neighbours.

While the prospect of a lavish version in colour of the old Czech legend of the Golem made in the town where it originated is promising, the Golem itself - although in close up it certainly emits a fearsome red glow - sadly takes a back seat to the veteran comedian Jan Werich and is absent for much of the film's considerable length until finally (SLIGHT SPOILER COMING:) brought on for the finale.