Overview
Detective Lieutenant Boruvka (Lubomír Lipský) is called to the State Scientific Library to investigate the loss of a precious manuscript, the Infernal Psalter of the Occult Sciences by Master Peregrinus from the eleventh century, written in a secret script which has only recently been deciphered by senior lecturer Zajíc (Josef Chvalina). Chaos is reigning in the labyrinth of passages and halls of the former monastery where the library is housed. In order to save space the director of the library has introduced a peculiar system. The books are arranged in the bookcases according to height and six girls dressed in black, the library assistants, are quite happy to cut volumes down to size in case of need. Boruvka refuses the case, since he is specialist in murders. He has to return to the investigation, however, when senior lecturer Zajíc disappears.
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast & Characters
Lubomír Lipský
Borůvka
Zdeněk Řehoř
ředitel
Josef Chvalina
docent Zajíc
František Peterka
dr. Libera
Vladimír Menšík
vrátný
Václav Trégl
prof. Tejlibenovský
Josef Kemr
Miroslav Trpák
Helena Růžičková
Ema Krkavcová
Iva Janžurová
Dáša, sekretářka
Marcela Nohýnková
Zuzana Šavrdová
Directors & Crew
Josef Škvorecký
Screenplay
Ladislav Rychman
Screenplay
Ladislav Rychman
Director
