Burglar and Umbrella

A relatively weak attempt to move from the genre of the meaningless detective story to "more serious" topics... Sequens seems to want to paint the environment of a gallery and film a "love drama" from First Republic Prague, which will intertwine the notorious characters of a great series... He got about halfway there. It's very decent in terms of the acting, but the script is dry and lacks any excitement. Pěnička and Paraplíčko are definitely amongst the weaker characters from the company of sinners in the districts of the Lords of the “Four". The humor also isn’t what it used to be. (07/15/2004)

Burglar and Umbrella is an extremely sad affair. Bohdalová acts as if her heart is about to burst at any moment, and mine is bursting at the sight of Štěpničková. A few small well-acted etudes such as those of Růžek or Zíma don’t save the film from a final failure in terms of period plausibility. All those Šmíds and their tough guys are ridiculous, as are the fake cherries on Paraplíčko's hat. (02/20/2009)

Jiřina Bohdalová along with her tired appearance ruined an otherwise solid crime film with some real Prague scum. (12/15/2016)