Burglar and Umbrella

Original title: Penicka a Paraplícko

1971
1h 33m

IMDb RATING

6.8/10

127

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Crime Mystery

In the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police inspectors visit Toufar's lover, the prosti... Read allIn the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police inspectors visit Toufar's lover, the prostitute Anna Kulatá (Jirina Bohdalová), nicknamed Umbrella, and it is apparent that the momen... Read allIn the morning twilight of Prague, the dead body of the safe-breaker Toufar is found floating on the river Vltava with a knife in his back. Police inspectors visit Toufar's lover, the prostitute Anna Kulatá (Jirina Bohdalová), nicknamed Umbrella, and it is apparent that the moment before she opened the door of her flat, someone fled through the window. Umbrella is sum... Read all

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6.8/10

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10/10

A Romance from the Half-World of Prague

This movie is one of four films-continuators of TV series Sinful People of the city of Prague (Hrisní lidé mesta prazského), a collection of stories about the crimes and criminologists (with the legendary chief of the investigators Vacátko (Jaroslav Marvan performs him in this full-length pictures too.). This movie is not only an investigation of the murder but it's also o portrait of the "femme fatale" from the periphery (Paraplícko, Little Brolly) and the safe-breaker Penicka who is her lover. So this is wonderful psychological movie with criminal plot. Movie has a great atmosphere of old Prague full of bizarre people and small figures. This half-world is stylized as the world of strange poetics: the criminals sing and dance in dirty pub Poison Chanty, live along their own rules and has their specific fashion and language. It's one of the most interesting Czech mysteries!