Black Stocking
Country
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1986Production year
1986Premiere
1 November 1987Runtime
84 minDirector
Otakar FukaCategory
filmGenre
crimeTypology
featuretheatrical distributionlongOriginal title
Černá punčochaCzech title
Černá punčochaEnglish title
Black StockingSummary
Director Otakar Fuka often made genre-themed films. In terms of the Czech crime genre, his previous films include the detective stories Svědectví mrtvých očí (Dead Eye Testimony, 1971) and Zlaté rybky (Gold Fish, 1977). Fuka added to this in 1986 with Černá punčocha (The Black Stocking), a story inspired by a real-life serial killer who caused havoc throughout Prague and northern Bohemia during the 1980s. Fifty-year-old Miki Opatovský (Milan Karpíšek) has spent his entire life serving as a hairstylist to beautiful models. But the provocative photographer Monika stirs a latent desire within Miki to kill. Gradually, the hairstylist is gripped with a murderous obsession. The strangler, who on the surface comes across as a quiet, decent man, transforms into a phantom who commits heinous sexually-motivated crimes… Not even his wife (Luba Skořepová) has any suspicion of Miki’s dark deeds. Vítězslav Jandák and Petr Pospíchal portray two police investigators tasked with tracking down the elusive killer.
Synopsis
The elderly dressmaker, Miroslav Opatovský, is surrounded by models in his fashion salon who flirt with him a little. They apparently do not perceive him as a man and change in front of him with no shyness. Opatovský notices an attractive girl by a shop window and he dreams at night that he strangles her with a black stocking. He meets the girl – the professional photographer, Monika – once more at a dance festival. He is probably aroused by the violent subject of one of the dances, and thus follows Monika through the Prague night. He attacks her in an abandoned place. Monika wrestles with him, she even photographs him with her camera flash, but Opatovský strangles her, throwing the camera from which he cannot remove the film into a water reservoir. Monika's married lover Klimeš is suspected of the murder. The widowed model Eva arrives in Prague. She is Opatovský's one and only true love but she got married abroad years ago. Opatovský then got married without affection to woman of his age, solely to get some comfort and care. In an intimate moment, he confesses his crime to Eva who is still fond of him. The terrified woman promises to tell nobody and speedily leaves the country. Opatovský loses control over his deviance. The sportswoman Milena manages to fight him off, but the schoolteacher Marta is killed. The detectives set decoys – policewomen – near the sites of his crimes. The scuba divers fish out the camera with the surviving negative from the reservoir. The murderer's identity is soon known and the police surround him in the park where he jogs regularly. Opatovský finds himself in a hopeless situation and kills himself by jumping from a rock in front of his wife's eyes.
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Cast
Milan Karpíšek
dámský krejčí Miroslav Opatovský
Petr Pospíchal
kapitán VB Krátký
Vítězslav Jandák
poručík VB Petr
Luba Skořepová
Jana, žena Opatovského
Stanislava Bartošová
Eva Kurzová
Hana Vávrová
fotografka Monika Marková
Magdalena Šebestová
Patricie, sestra Moniky
Hana Davidová
patoložka MUDr. Ivana Blochová
Hana Talpová
Ilona Zárubová, kamarádka Evy
Karel Hábl
Ing. Milan Klimeš
Jaroslav Radimecký
MUDr. Lukáš
Marta Richterová
sekretářka Veselá
Ladislav Županič
Štěrba
Eva Kolenská
basketbalistka Míla Zajícová
Libuše Štědrá
Věra Kubová
Petr Skarke
kriminalista Doleček
Olga Hrubá
učitelka hudby Marta Vosecká
Ivan Vyskočil
psychiatr docent Vinklárek
Leoš Kaltofen
náčelník kriminálky
Jitka Asterová
Růžena, kamarádka Míly
Ivana Chýlková
manekýna Simona
Frank Towen
on sám, choreograf
Rudolf Hrušínský ml.
kriminalista Kříž
Gabriela Wilhelmová
Lída, přítelkyně Opatovské
Sylva Žáčková
manekýna Veronika
Jana Žáčková
manekýna Katka
Tamara Bernášková
manekýna Iveta
Kateřina Marková
manekýna Zdena
Jana Viščaková
manekýna Magda
Stanislav Hájek
školník Karásek
Roman Hájek
svobodník
Petr Jákl
trenér juda
Milan Kolbava
kriminalista Faltus
Petr Brukner
střihač Míša Pavlík
Pavel Myslík
řidič kriminalistického auta
Václav Erban
on sám, moderátor pátrací relace
Ivana Nováčková
barmanka
Vladimír Pospíšil
kriminalista Paukert
Jaroslav Špáňa
poručík VB Hurt
Jaroslav Tomsa
trenér juda
Jan Vondráček
nadporučík VB Hašek
Martin Otava
Hanych
Jana Vaňková
Kučerová, kolegyně Patricie
Miriam Kantorková
zákaznice Bučánková
Magda Cepáková
Alena
Lída Říhová
Olga
Libuše Černá
Dáša
Naďa Chrástová
gymnastka
M. Čihařová
gymnastka
Věra Strachová
judistka
Simona Cendelínová
tanečnice
Miroslav Hajn
tanečník
Luboš Hajn
tanečník
Vlastimila Vlková
zákaznice na poště
M. Bydžovský
taxikář Nepevný
I. Kurdíková
Jitka
H. Nezbedová
Radka
S. Svobodová
Květa
Blanka Velcová
karatistka
I. Hánová
Jitka
M. Kovář
trenér karate
Miroslav Jíra
dubl za Milana Karpíška
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Stanislava Hutková, Milan Kadlec
Continuity
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Dramaturg
Director of Photography
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Assistent Production Designer
Set Designer
Jiří Forst, Jan Hodný, Jan Huptych, Milan Šilha
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Assistant Film Editor
Sound Designer
Special Effects
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Karel Hrdý
Consultant
plk. Josef Janůrek , Miloš Hejduk, doc. MUDr. Karel Souček, CSc., Jaroslav Tomsa
Cooperation
Irena Strachová (klapka), Josef Řezáč (fotograf)
Music
Music Composed by
Music Performed by
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček), Originální pražský synkopický orchestr (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Choreographer
Songs
Proč obraz tvůj nedá srdci spát
Song Composer Sláva Emanuel Nováček
Production info
Original Title
Černá punčocha
Czech Title
Černá punčocha
English Title
Black Stocking
Category
film
Typology
featuretheatrical distribution
Genre
crime
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1986
Production Year
1986
Production specifications
literary Screenplay approved 4 December 1985
start of filming 15 May 1986
technical Screenplay approved 24 June 1986
end of filming 20 December 1986
projection approval 8 January 1987
the first film copy approved 13 January 1987
withdrawal from distribution 31 December 1991
Premiere
premiere 1 November 1987 /unsuitable for youths/
Production
Copyright Holders
Studio
Distribution
Creative Group
2. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupina, Josef Císař (vedoucí 2. dramaturgicko-výrobní skupiny)
Technical info
Duration typology
feature film
Duration in minutes
84 min
Original length in metres
2 390 meters
Distribution carrier
16mm, 35mm
Aspect ratio
1:1,37
Colour
colour
Sound
sound
Sound system/format
mono
Versions
Czech
Dialogue languages
Czech
Subtitles languages
without subtitles
Opening/End credits languages
Czech
