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Jindřich PolákKamera:
Rudolf MiličMusik:
Wiliam BukovýBesetzung:
Svatopluk Matyáš, Jiří Adamíra, Zdeněk Kryzánek, Karla Chadimová, Vladimír Menšík, Josef Bláha, František Šťastný, Jan Tříska, Stanislava Bartošová (mehr)Inhalte(1)
A robbery in a Prague jeweller's shop results in the shop manager Kubát and his deputy Litera being shot and wounded. The culprits take the jewellery away in a stolen car and that very night hide the loot tens of kilometres outside Prague in a forest. Then the three robbers part with each other. One of them, Burian, leaves in the same car, the other two, Duda and Hovorka, take to flight in another car, which soon ends up in a car crash. Hovorka dies in the accident, but Duda survives and hides in an abandoned cottage. Burian is arrested, Duda is traced out by a police dog. Duda confesses to the robbery to the criminologist Málek, but refuses to say where is the jewellery. The robber then begins to shoot and Málek kills him in self-defence. The court fails to prove Litera's involvement in the robbery and the only one convicted is Burian. The disappointed Málek leaves the police and begins to work as a cab driver. Litera, too, has changed his profession. After four years, Burian is out on probation. Málek accidentally meets Litera and his nervousness makes Málek launch a private investigation. Litera's former lover Alena reveals to him that long time ago, she drove her shot lover secretly from a hospital to a forest where he picked up a bag. Litera murders Alena and arranges the accident to appear as suicide. Burian requires from Litera a share on the loot in exchange for silence and later kills him in a quarrel. He himself is knocked out by Litera's acquaintance, Pepi, who steals the jewellery. During a chase in a railway station, Pepi is run over by a train in front of Málek's eyes. Burian is arrested and Málek hands over the discovered loot to his former colleagues. (Verleiher-Text)
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A Game Without Rules didn't convince me enough to give it more than 2*. A solid concept and decent cast of actors, in my opinion, can't overshadow the fact that Jindřich Polák was still trying to find his way to his more famous projects and the direction simply didn't convince me. Compared to modern dynamic thrillers, the ´film simply cannot hide the flaws in the script, predictability, and annoying moments with whining music that is supposed to create a sense of tension. Overall impression: 45%. However, back in its time, A Game Without Rules stood out simply by suppressing the ideologicalness and genre clichés of previous works.
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Dieses Spiel hat keine Regeln. Leider hat es auch keine Figuren, die wenigstens halbwegs sympathisch wären. Seltsam. Jindřich Polák hat sich mit dem Film ziemlich viel Mühe gegeben. Besonders den Raub am Anfang hat er auf eine unglaublich fesselnde Art und Weise gedreht. Sobald die Handlung vier Jahre nach vorne gesprungen ist, fing ich an, mich sehr zu langweilen. Schade. Das Ende hatte das gleiche Tempo wie der Anfang, aber das Warten… War zu lang. Einen ähnlichen Eindruck hat in mir der Film Heist - Der Letzte Coup hinterlassen, den ich mir gestern angeschaut habe. Ohne die Schauspieler*innen in den Haupt- und Nebenrollen hätte ich mir den Film wahrscheinlich nicht bis zum Ende angeguckt.
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Even in Czechoslovakia, it was possible to make a noir detective story, or at least a detective story that had elements of noir. Still, it's not as dark as one would like. This is due to the environment and the Czech style of filming. But that doesn't mean you shouldn't enjoy A Game Without Rules. It moves nicely toward its ending.
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