"THE LOVES OF KACENKA STRNADOVA" "The Merry and Sad Tales of a Maid in Prague." "Screenplay by" "Directed by" "Director of Photography" "Set Designer" "Kitty Strnadova, the stepdaughter of innkeeper Jurasek, had more bad luck than common sense..." "...Zdena Kavkova." "Groom Vince could match with Hercules in strength   which he vainly wasted, though..." "... Vlasta Burian." "You're such a dumbhead, you've caused me enough damage." "You're going to Prague tomorrow, to find a job as a maid!" "Innkeeper..." "R. Suva." "Kitty went into the silent night to soothe her aching heart." "We have to say goodbye, Vince." "What will I do here without you?" "On the next morning, Kitty bid farewell to all that was dear to her heart." "Don't cry, when you get used to the bustle, you can come for a visit." "Let go or we won't depart!" "The local Knackerton" " Crackling "Express"" "ploddingly moved its heavy iron body, just as Vince's heart moved at the sight of his beloved Kitty disappearing in the distance." "An hour later." "As a dead head, Vince had to put up with a place below his dignity." "Prague, the Heart of Europe." "Good day, sir." "Are we in Prague already?" "Have you seen Kitty Strnadova by chance?" "May the Lord repay you with children!" "You're wasting your time, my pockets are always empty!" "Come to Wenceslas Square immediately in your own interest, to see Bata's shop windows." "Good heavens!" "I've never done any harm to anybody, so why did I get these summons?" "Why aren't any cows grazing the greenfield?" "On that day, the people hurrying through the city streets, had seen many odd events before Kitty Strnadova was able to find the labour office." "Oh my!" "Maids?" "They're a fine lot indeed!" "All they ever think about is getting their wooer under the roof." "It seems I won't find a job, if you only take older women, will I?" "Come tomorrow." "I need a young maid, an inexperienced country girl." "Grocer......." "B. Kysilkova" "One has just left, I'll send her to you tomorrow when she comes back." "Kitty didn't think that she would have to spend her first night in Prague outdoors." "My dearest mummy, if you saw me now, you'd find a better bed for me." "Sleep was Vince's biggest weakness." "Ouch, hush, how, haw, gee!" "Don't moo, I'll feed you." "Kitty began her first day as a maid with "dignity"." "Grapeline Chiver's Grocery" "After vainly searching for a week, Vince did not find Kitty, yet he found himself a rather unpromising job." "Buy the best and the cheapest Burnet-F earphones for CZK 99" "Radio" " Lucerna Prague, National Avenue No. 26, Chodera's Shop." "Look who's here, Kitty?" "The next day, as a faithful dog, Vince  helped Kitty with her morning shopping." "Vince was a daily guest at the grocery, hardly of any benefit to it, though." "We sell good milk, not some watered down slush!" "They will enjoy it today!" "I've put more milk than water into it." "Here's some Emmental linen." "And this salami will be good to walk on." "I can have it for dinner when I wear them "Salami-anders" out." "One pickle, a herring, and one whipping-top." "Our Customer Is Our Master." "I'm going but I'm taking Kitty with me." "This place smells of cheesecakes and prison!" "After six months, the rich butcher's new maid stirred up interest among neighbours  as well as other people." "You can clean here once a month, Kitty, our children are tidy." "This is all silly!" "Let's play our winter game!" "Meanwhile, Vince opened his business "at a busy spot" with a nice view." "There was some business, although the audience was quite indifferent." "Owing to a brilliant idea, business was finally "running"." "Their rendezvous every evening were a comfort to both of them." "Let me tell you your fortune, miss." "I wil tell you the truth!" "You were born on a lucky planet." "A very good man loves you." "He is young and handsome, with a heart of gold." "The young man is quite rich and noble." "His intentions are sincere and he will make you happy." "The fortune-teller was right because one day..." "A sight quite common in Prague." "Get off!" "We're out of power!" "Could I take you home, miss?" "... Jiri Sedlacek." "I shall see you tonight then, miss." "Be sure to come!" "Richard Romanovsky." "What a handsome and kind gentleman!" "When his day's work was over..." "Vince was devastated, it was the first time that Kitty had disappointed him." "That night, Kitty went to sleep hoping in fortune she had never dreamt of." "Poor Vince did not notice how his Kitty had changed, while he was still that old country fellow." "After a few days, Vince tried to get his Kitty back." "You can't be surprised, Vince." "Why you look like a ragamuffin!" "I would be ashamed for you." "Don't frown, Vince, I'm not saying I don't like you!" "One night, the butcher's counting room was broken into..." "And the next morning..." "Maybe someone from the servants did it?" "In a fortnight, all the staff was fired and Kitty was entering a new job." "A. Koulova, M.D., General Practitioner Surgery 7am - 12am, 1 pm - 8pm." "The next morning." "Vince went to the fairgrounds to distract himself as Kitty had been avoiding him lately." "You're quite strong." "I like that." "If you want a job, come to my house tomorrow." "Senator David Hradecky." "Vince was training for his new job as the servant of Senator Hradecky." "Kitty had not been home for two years," "Kitty had not been home for two years, so she made thorough preparations for her journey." "Richard Romanovsky, who was more than generous to her, provided her with elegant clothes as well as with valuable advice..." "Beauty Parlour Lavecky and Co." "Vince also had the opportunity to improve his appearance, so when he and Kitty went to their native village," "Kitty did not have to feel ashamed." "Dear Uncle, I am doing quite well." "I am seeing a handsome gentleman." "He says he is an engineer and he takes me to the cinema and the beauty parlour." "I love him very much and he loves me too." "He told me he would marry me when I stand on my own feet." "I see Vince too, but he cannot match with Richard!" "I work for a doctor now and Richard told me to find another job." "He said he would find me a job with some banker." "So, I do not know what to do." "I am coming to the fair with Vince." "The girls' eyes will surely pop." "Yours ever, Kitty." "Nobody thought that the nobby man was the old groom and that the elegant lady was old unfortunate Kitty..." "Good day, miss." "May I help you?" "You could rub your eyes to recognize your Kitty." "Fair Dance at Kocanda tonight." "Music for young and old." "Conducted by Wence Whistle, Fred Jumper" " Drums." "Village ambulance at hand." "I'll dance with Kitty tonight even if I have to thrash out the whole pub!" "Damn!" "This could end badly." "You'll wait here until the dance is over." "I won't let you pound my pub to pieces!" "What's taking Kitty so long?" "... And the elated atmosphere spread around the whole village..." "Solos are reserved for seniors!" "This shuffling is nothing for us." "We'll show you how we, modern people, dance!" "Watch the new dance!" ""The Kitty-ston"." "... From now on, everybody wanted to dance with Kitty!" "Anticipating what was to come..." "Wait..." "The first blow belongs to the Mayor!" "The battle begins..." "In the name of the law, stop figh ting!" "I didn't want to ask Kitty to dance!" "The village ambulance, or first aid!" "I've never seen anything like this!" "Fire!" "Fire!" "fire!" "fire!" "But the water was not running..." "Goodness gracious!" "You're putting out the fire with beer!" "Kitty followed Richard's advice and accepted the job with the bank director, whose wife was a film actress." "We are shooting tomorrow." "You will come with me and help me with dressing." "... B. Livia." "The next day at the film studio," "Kitty was overwhelmed." "What are you doing here?" "You've ruined the whole scene!" "Felix Cihanek, a relentless lady-killer ... Bozdech." "Pleased to meet you, I'm Kitty Strnadori, a film artist..." "Vince was convinced that his manners were faultless now and that is why he took heart to call on Kitty in her new job." "My husband!" "I was just going to take a bath." "Help!" "Oh dear, it was poor Felix!" "You're rushing my girl, you rotter, eh?" "You could help me get that tobacconist's," "I too used to mend your shoes on credit once." "Look, I look like death warmed up..." "Next time, throw out anyone who wants to speak to me "in a certain matter"." "People like that surely want something from me!" "And the following morning..." "Tell the senator that I come in a certain matter." "The next day..." "I wanted to call on you in a "certain" matter." "However, do not expect anything from me after the welcome I had received!" "Pack up your awls and be gone!" "Hello, this is the Chairman of the lnternational Party for Moderately Radical Progress speaking." "I've heard about your rare uncorruptibility." "Rest assured that our party shall not forget in the elections!" "Yesterday, you acted in line with my principles." "I shall take care of your advancement." "Kitty was celebrating her birthday." "Happy birthday!" "I will be waiting for you at our place tonight." "Love R." "Richard Romanovsky" "And that evening..." "And you don't mind that I'm just a maid?" "On the contrary!" "That's why I love you." "Because you are a simple girl and not some spoiled flapper." "Vince too did not forget..." "I've got a good livelihood now, Kitty." "What do you say?" "Would you marry me?" "Let's be frank, Vince." "You're a fine young man, but we just don't go together." "Find someone else and let's be friends." "You could hardly support me." "A theft unheard of!" "The fireproof safe of bank director Tomicek has been broken into last night." "The caretaker surprised the burglar, who then knocked her out and tied her." "As this crime is another link to a whole chain of similar cases, it seems it is the doing of an organized gang of thieves." "A 60,000 reward was announced for the capture of the culprits." "Vincent Kroutil Private Detective." "Telephone : 56 785 Post office account No. : 72651." "One of the suspects in the burglary at banker Tomicek's house is a young country fellow named Vince." "He was seen at the crime scene with his girlfriend, who works as a maid there." "The sixty thousand reward was whirling in his mind, because he hoped that as a rich man he could win his beloved Kitty back and make her happy in their marriage!" "He therefore devoted himself to studying criminal science." "The Mystery of the Bloody Passkey." "The bloody corps cut into pieces was discovered at last." "The End." "The Beautiful Murderess or the Treacherous Eye in the Keyhole was visible every moment." "After acquiring such education, Vince set out to the crime scene." "You are the caretaker mugged by the burglars?" "I'm surprised they didn't run at the moment they saw you!" "Tell me what happened, but I want the truth!" ""Love has magic powers" though..." "Vince was released from prison at the intervention of his boss." "I don't want to see you again." "You are to blame for everything." "The coppers didn't arrest you for nothing!" "You cannot match with Richard, whom I am seeing now." "Shame on you!" "Kitty." "Halt!" "Damn it!" "What's this?" "What's with the uniforms?" "I've given orders that I want to see uniforms, not skirts!" "Look me in the eyes!" "Dismissed!" "Following her orders, Kitty was serving as a soldier." "What's this mess?" "Stand in line!" "You silly goose!" "Vince searched all suspicious places in Prague." "Yet he found no trace of the burglars." "Until one day, when he met his old classmate, who was working as a waiter in a greasy spoon coffee house." "You'd be amazed at the rag-tail and bobtail barflies in our doggery." "I've got some time off now, so you can go instead of me if you want." "I can lend you my tail coat." "But don't do anything silly!" "That evening..." "Hush!" "Waiter!" "Humour News!" "A secret meeting." "Don't forget the wrench!" "The safe is packed." "Quiet, they're listening!" "Well I'll be damned if it isn't Vince!" "I'll go ahead, come to our old place." "That evening..." "Could you tell me where the older gentleman with the glasses went?" "He left a moment ago, when you fell asleep." "He will come back in two hours." "There's plenty of time." "At eleven o'clock..." "Bring help." "The thieves will set to work in no time." "He did not forget his alibi..." "Desire lead me to you in the deep of the night." "I am madly in love with you!" "Do you really love her?" "Swear that you will give up your felonious life, that you will marry her and make her happy!" "Are you the girlfriend of Vince who is chasing the gang of thieves?" "Isn't their leader hiding here?" "I know everything!" "You are a slavish scamp!" "I do not want to know you!" "Go...!" "After such a bitter end to her love, Kitty realized that a handsome face and suave words were meaningless compared to a sincere heart and that is why she quickly made up her mind..." "I am going home to end my life which brought me nothing but disappointment." "I demise the 60,000 reward which belongs to me for capturing the thieves to my dear friend, Kitty Strnadova." "Vince Kroutil." "And while their souls were flying towards heaven..."