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Three amazing stories, each unique in its own way, with a different mood and always with an excellent cast and a striking point. It's hard to say which one I liked the most, but if I had to choose, perhaps the third one about the resurrected grandfather, who, in a 100% suspenseful noir atmosphere, chases Miloš Kopecký, who resurrected him with a "great skid".
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This film is rarely replayed on TV, even though it is a decent and an above-average matter, not only from a contemporary perspective. The greatest contribution is, of course, quality literary source material by Karel Čapek, but the strong cast and a script unburdened by ideological baggage of the 1950s obviously added a lot to the film as well. Three stories where irony and black humor play an important role. Overall impression: 75%.
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An absolutely fabulous Čapek triptych. The retro feel was preserved, and even the plethora of new faces doesn't contradict it. Most of all I admire the middle story with Oldřich Nový and Jaroslav Marvan, who portrayed their art to perfection and especially their experience from the past years. Pešek's first story is also tender and Mild's final story is a solid horror. The only negligible shadow is the repetition of some actors in several stories (Bohdalová, Kopecký...).
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Three surprisingly good stories, where the first one starts strong, then becomes a bit tedious, the second one is funny thanks to Marvan and Nový - although surprisingly it doesn't end as positively as one would think - and the last one is quite scary due to the grandfather and becomes almost horror-like towards the end, partly due to Kopecký's theatrical performance. I didn't expect it to be that interesting.
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