Detective stories were a genre that provided a rare opportunity for avoiding the censor’s beady eye in the early days of the post-1968 “normalisation”. And the talents of screenwriter Zdenek Zaoral and highly experienced director Vladimír Čech ensured that Affairs of My Wife, made in 1972, has remained a timeless refreshment for the viewer. The heroine of the narrative comedy is amateur sleuth Adéla Neradová, a physician by profession, charmingly performed by Libuše Švormová. With the help of her photographer husband Petr, played by Jiří Vala, Adéla unravels several complicated cases of crime. The first takes place on a train to Paris, the second revolves around an alleged murder in the Prokopské Valley in Prague and the third deals with crime among a travelling funfair community. The film’s appeal is raised by the supporting cast which includes excellent performances by Vladimír Menšík and František Filipovský.
Three short stories. A photographer Nerad has a sightly and bright wife – the doctor Adéla. Her hobby is solving criminal mysteries. After some time, the photographer Nerad likes better to engage his wife’s attention to less dangerous matters. Gradually, there are born several children to them...
MUDr. Adéla Neradová
fotograf Petr Nerad, Adélin muž
kriminalista major Ing. Bušek
vedoucí výpravy turistů Oskar Sedlák
profesor Kulíšek
seladon dr. Přikryl
Doudová
filmový scenárista Milan Tajer
Minerva Smith, Tajerova milenka
Pešlová
Kavanová
Milena
volejbalistka Alenka
lékař, Adélin kolega
průvodčí ve vlaku
kriminalista
číšník v jídelním voze
volejbalistka
vedoucí volejbalistek
Tajerův komplic
bývalý námořník Nedoma
bývalý cirkusový klaun Josef Krystl
reportér Viktor Jelínek
Voice by Jana Drbohlavová
Ludmila Šlechtová, Jelínkova snoubenka
učitelka Zuzana Tůmová, Krystlova nevlastní dcera
archeolog Mládek, Zuzanin milenec
kriminalista
starý pivař
Krystlova žena
servírka Hanička
podpraporčík VB
sekretářka v redakci
Blažíček
Broňa Zajíčková, neteř Neradových
kolotočář Max Kubeš
Milena, Maxova žena
Jaroslav Ungr, oběšenec ve mlýně
vyvolávač Hubert
drážní dozorčí Karel Zajíček, Adélin bratr
Kryštofová
Ferda
kostlivec v Čertově mlýně
Drákula v Čertově mlýně
chemik
výrostek na kolotoči
Neradova společnice
bezhlavý rytíř
zaměstnanec lunaparku
muž s příčeskem
celník
Viktorová
Rýbrcoul
prodavačka v kiosku
kráska
Jan Petrů, Václav Pošta, Jiří Žůček
Antonín Navrátil, Vladislav Špidra
Alena Koubová
Eva Truchlá (klapka), Josef Janoušek (fotograf)
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Song Composer Jan Volkov
Writer of Lyrics Jiří Voldán
Singer Josef Beyvl
Aféry mé ženy
Aféry mé ženy
Affairs of My Wife
povídkový film
featuretheatrical distribution
comedy, crime, short-story
Czechoslovakia
1972
1972
literary Screenplay approved 6 March 1972
start of filming 16 March 1972
technical Screenplay approved 26 May 1972
end of filming 19 October 1972
projection approval 8 November 1972
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1986
premiere 1 March 1973 /suitable for youths/ (kino Lucerna, Praha)
premiere 16 March 1973 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Dramaturgická skupina Karla Copa, Karel Cop (vedoucí dramaturgické skupiny)
feature film
87 min
2 460 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,66
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech