He knocks on a couple\u2019s door at night and hauls in his suitcase. He knows what people are like, and he knows what is what; just don\u2019t ask where he\u2019s from. Such are the times; accept it. At first the couple oppose the stranger, but it turns out that They are everywhere. They watch and report. This one is pretty nice, actually\u2014he\u2019ll be like a brother, a friend\u2026<\/p>\n
Vencl\u00edk made this film while studying at Prague\u2019s Academy of Performing Arts (FAMU). The initial idea was to make a humorous spoof of the Czech tendency to adapt to circumstances as a means of survival, much like J. Ha\u0161ek\u2019s comic literary hero, \u0160vejk, does. But this film was made just one year after the Prague Spring\u2014the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia\u2014and the work was seen as an insurgency against the ruling regime. 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