Synopsis
Naive Duke Teleke of Tölökö and his servant are trying to find duke´s fiancée, an opera diva, which mysteriously disappeared some time ago. They found she might be kidnapped by evil Baron Gorc, who - with his friend, mad scientist Orfanik - lives in the mysterious Devil´s castle deep in the Carpathian mountains. Czech slapstick comedy is very freely based on non-humorous Jules Verne novel Castle of the Carpathians. This film is a typical sample of a successful tradition of Czech film comedies with science fiction and fantastic motifs. It is also a sample of so-called ‘steampunk’ film, long before this term has been coined in the late 1980s for a cyberpunk sub genre whose science fiction events take place against the 19th century background. (Jaroslav Olsa, jr)