1969/10/31 (US) | Comedy, Crime
Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious manuscript, the Infernal Psalter of the Occult Sciences by Master Peregrinus from the eleventh century, written in a secret script which has only recently been deciphered by senior lecturer Zajíc (Josef Chvalina). Chaos is reigning in the labyrinth of passages and halls of the former monastery where the library is housed. In order to save space the director of the library has introduced a peculiar system. The books are arranged in the bookcases according to height and six girls dressed in black, the library assistants, are quite happy to cut volumes down to size in case of need. Boruvka refuses the case, since he is specialist in murders. He has to return to the investigation, however, when senior lecturer Zajíc disappears.
Ladislav Rychman
Director
Josef Škvorecký
Screenplay
Ladislav Rychman
Screenplay
Lubomír Lipský
Borůvka
Zdeněk Řehoř
ředitel
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Josef Chvalina
docent Zajíc
František Peterka
dr. Libera
Vladimír Menšík
vrátný
Václav Trégl
prof. Tejlibenovský
Josef Kemr
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Released
Josef Škvorecký
Short Story
Jiří Hartman
First Assistant Director
Milan Klacek
Assistant Director
Zdenka Barochová
Assistant Director
Věra Kalábová
Dramaturgy