Dinner for Adele (1978)
- Original title
- Adéla ještě nevečeřela
- Directed by
- Oldřich Lipský
- Genre
- comedy film, science fiction film, parody film, detective film
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Runtime
- 1h 42m
- Rated
- 15+
- Rating
- 7.5 of 10 from 58 voters
- Elsewhere
- IMDb
The catalogue in 3D
The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.
How it feels
In 1890s Prague, a detective named Nick Carter is called in to find a lost dog. He uncovers a string of murders linked to a baron who uses a man-eating plant.
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What happens
Dinner for Adele (Czech: Adéla ještě nevečeřela) is a 1978 Czech parody comedy film directed by Oldřich Lipský. Alternative titles were Adele Hasn't Had Her Dinner Yet, Nick Carter in Prague and Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet. The film is set at the fin de siècle. American detective Nick Carter is invited to Prague, in order to search for a missing dog. But Carter stumbles on a series of murders, as an evil baron keeps feeding victims to his carnivorous plant. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)
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