Czechoslovakia, 1977
102m
35mm film, black and white, Eastmancolor, 2.35:1
Reviewed at The EOFFTV Review
A Czech science fiction film directed by Oldrich Lipský.
Plot Summary
Detective Nick Carter arrives in Prague to investigate the case of a missing dog. His investigations become increasingly bizarre as he goes up against his greatest enemy, The Gardener, who he believed to have died in a swamp many years before – but if he is dead, who is responsible for that man eating plant?
Credits
Crew
Director: Oldrich Lipský
© FSB [real name: Filmové Studio Barrandov] 1977
Ústrední Pujcovna Filmu presents
Produced by: Filmové Studio Barrandov
Producer: Jaromír Lukás
Dramaturge Supervisor: Dr Milose Broze
Dramaturge: Vladimír Bor
Story and Screenplay: Jirí Brdecka
Script Collaborator: Oldrich Lipsky
Director of Photography: Jaroslav Kucera
Editor: Miroslav Hájek
Music: Lubos Fiser
Sound: Jirí Lenoch
Costumes: Ludmila Ondrácková
Make-Up: Frantisek Cízek
Visual Consultant and Animation: Jan Svankmajer
Art Directors: Vladimír Labský, Milan Nejedly
Cast
Michal Docolomansky (Nick Carter)
Rudolf Hrusínský (Police Commissar Ledvina)
Milos Kopecký (Baron von Kratzmar)
Václav Lohniský (Hotel Servant)
Ladislav Pesek (Professor Bocek)
Nada Konvalinková (Miss Blossom)
Kveta Fialová (Countess Thunova)
Martin Ruzek (Police Inspector Kaunitz)
Olga Schoberová (Miss Karen)
Zdenek Díte
Karel Effa
Vladimír Hrubý
Petr Brukner
Vladimír Hrabánek
Milan Mach
Alternative Titles
Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet
Adele Hasn't Had Her Supper Yet
Adele hat noch nicht genachtmahlt – German title
Adele hat noch nicht zu Abend gegessen – German title
Dinner for Adele
Ein Fall für Detektiv Carter – German title
Nick Carter in Prague
Nick Carter quel pazzo detective americano – Italian title
Nick Carter, aquel loco, loco, detective – Spanish title
References
Books
Aurum Film Encyclopedia: Science Fiction by Phil Hardy (ed) p.338
Horror and Science Fiction Films II by Donald C. Willis p.99
