Adele hasn't had dinner yet
| Movie | |
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| German title | Adele has not yet had dinner Adele has not yet had dinner (GDR title) |
| Original title | Adéla ještě nevečeřela |
| Country of production | Czechoslovakia |
| original language | Czech |
| Publishing year | 1977 |
| length | 101 minutes |
| Rod | |
| Director | Oldřich Lipský |
| script | Jiří Brdečka |
| production | Filmové studio Barrandov |
| music | Luboš Fišer |
| camera | Jaroslav Kučera |
| cut | Miroslav Hájek |
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Adele has not yet had dinner (original title: Adéla ještě nevečeřela ) is a Czechoslovak film comedy enriched with black humor from 1977. The fictional character Nick Carter served as inspiration . Directed by Oldřich Lipský . Michal Dočolomanský , Rudolf Hrušínský and Miloš Kopecký can be seen in the leading roles .
action
Old Europe at the turning point between the 19th and 20th centuries. The otherwise contemplative aristocratic world of Prague's upper class is shaken by the mysterious disappearance of Countess Thunova's favorite dog. The local police are at their wits end and turn to famous New York detective Nick Carter for help .
The physically and mentally washed-up investigator travels to investigate the case and is accompanied by the local inspector Ledvina, a good-natured but also hard-hitting and hard-drinking policeman. Together they both penetrate the aristocratic circles. Here they not only get to know the Countess herself and her confidante who embraced Carter, but also the elderly Professor Boček and his granddaughter, who did it to the American. Baron von Kratzmar, who is well versed in botany , joins them and soon becomes Carter and Ledvina's main suspect because of his often strange behavior. And that's right: the baron turns out to be “The Gardener”, a super gangster who was active several years ago and who abused plants for his raids. The gardener was one of Carter's archenemies and was believed dead by him.
Carter also learns that the gardener is using a larger than life carnivorous plant called Adele. He plays a recording of Schlafe, mein Prinzchen, sleep on a gramophone ( attributed to Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart , but actually by Johann Friedrich Anton Fleischmann ). This is the sign for Adele to awaken and eat her sacrifices. Adele ate the countess's dog, which should only be used for test purposes, since the gardener is actually planning a revenge murder on Professor Boček. Carter is able to escape Adele's stomach and the assassinations of the Kratzmars henchmen and in the end, with Ledvina's help, arrest his nemesis and finally deliver him to justice .
background
Alternative titles for the film are Adele Has Not Had Meal (with DEFA dubbing) and A Case for Nick Carter . The bizarre devices and inventions come from Jan Švankmajer , one of the most famous Czech experts in animation , film equipment and visual effects . The style of the film is based on the silent film dramas of the 1920s, as are the subtitles . The so-called stop-motion technique was used for the trick effects with the Adele plant . The film opened in East German cinemas on July 6, 1979, but did not come to cinemas in West Germany and was shown on television for the first time on May 1, 1981.
Reviews
A detailed, lovable entertainment film, technically perfect. ( Lexicon of International Films )
Awards
- Saturn Award 1980 in the category Best Foreign Film
- Nomination for the Saturn Award 1980 in the category Best Fantasy Film
Web links
- Adele has not yet had dinner in the Internet Movie Database (English)
- Adele hasn't had dinner in the online movie database
- Pictures from the film
Individual evidence
- ↑ Adele hasn't had dinner yet. In: Lexicon of International Films . Film service , accessed March 2, 2017 .