Detective Torp has been invited by factory-owner Klas to investigate a theft in his villa. Shortly afterwards his son Slávek is kidnapped. Torp asks for the help of Slávek's friend and, thanks to him, they discover a secret cave and Slávek himself. Torp continues the investigation in disguise and he concludes that the cave is linked by a secret corridor to an old house where, traditionally, a wizard is supposed to live. Klas makes a breakthrough in the investigation when he receives an invitation to a meeting with an unknown man. Torp again picks up the trail and , disguised as a waiter, catches the factory-owner's wife giving the unknown man her jewels. Thus the theft in the villa is explained, for Mrs Klas is buying silence from a blackmailer for a past misdemeanour. After a chase Torp catches up with the unknow man - the wizard - and hands him over to the law. The compromising letters are finally given back to the factory-owner's wife. (According to promotional material issued at the time the film was made.)
The film materials are believed lost.
továrník Klas
Klasova žena
detektiv Torp
detektiv Lapka
dítě
dítě
Slávek
Ferdinand Seidl (fotograf)
Čaroděj
Čaroděj
The Sorcerer
film
featuretheatrical distribution
lost film
detective, drama
Austria-Hungary
1918
1918
premiere 20 December 1918 /unsuitable for youths/ (kino Světozor, Praha)
35mm
1:1,33
black & white
silent
Czech
without dialogue
without subtitles
Czech
Czech