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From a historical point of view, Přemysl Pražský's only foray into sound film direction is one of the most interesting things that can be used to demonstrate the continuity of the two eras. From a formal point of view, Pražský merely mechanically replaced the dialogue between the credits and otherwise worked in the same way the was common three or four years prior to that. It is spicy to accept a film that normally uses framing of details and thus shows faces that have not come into contact with silent cinema (Baarová, Novotný, Eliáš...). At the same time, it gives the more experienced a chance to work in a double way (Gruss, Rogoz, and especially the great J. W. Speerger). The action story itself, set in the mountains, is interestingly associated with similarly situated storylines set in the mountains. Moreover, the theme of scouts and spies in the Czech environment is always fresh and unorthodox. (30/07/2009)