The police are on the alert because fraudulent offers of marriage are on the rise. The culprit's identifying features are that he plays the violin and has golden teeth. The inspector of the railway service eventually captures a swindler named Vincent Plichta. This serious criminal does not resist arrest - he only gives an account of his expenses and goes to serve his term. After some time, again fraudulent offers of marriage are reported. Holub would prefer to play it safe, but circumstances force him to take Plichta to his family's summerhouse over the weekend and introduce him as a friend. On the return to the city, the old swindler is shocked - he himself almost falls victim to a woman-swindler in the railway restaurant.
Karel Čapek (Příběhy sňatkového podvodníka – povídka ze sbírky Povídky z druhé kapsy)
Příběhy sňatkového podvodníka
Příběhy sňatkového podvodníka
Tales of a Trickster
povídka
featuretheatrical distribution
detective, short-story
Czechoslovakia
1964
1964
literary Screenplay approved 10 June 1963
start of filming 8 September 1964
end of filming 23 November 1964
medium length film
53 min
1 487 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,66
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
