简介：Aturnforthebetterasfarasqualityisconcernedwasalsotakenbythemysteryandadventurefilmgenres.ThereweredetectivestoriesbyPetrSchulhoff(b.1922)-forexample,"TheMurdererHidesHisFace"("Vrahskryvatvar"-1966)-andamysterywithpoliticalmotivationsfilmedbyStepanSkalsky(1925)-"ThePathwayThroughtheDeepForest"("Cestahlubokymlesem-1964),whichrevealedthebackgroundofoneofthemostinfamoussecretpolice'frame-ups'oftheearlyfifties-aswellastheexceptional"SignofCancer"("Veznameniraka"-1966),directedbySlovakdirectorJurajHerz,whowasworkinginPrague.In1968,Herzmadeaninterestingpoliticalhorrorfilm,"TheCremator"("Spalovacmrtvol"),thestoryofa'small'manwhoistransformedbyideologyintoamassmurderer. Thisisacriminaldramawhosemainnegativecharacterisanunknownserialkiller.ThebodyofayoungwomanisfoundinthevillageofDrnoviceandinspectorKalaswillhavetodoeverythinghecaninordertocatchthemurderer. PetrSchulhoff'sfirstfilmwasthedetectivestoryFear(1963).AseriesofremarkablecrimedramascontinuedwiththefilmsTheMurdererHideshisFace(1966)andIntheFootstepsofBlood(1969),inwhichRudolfHrusinskyshoneintheroleofinvestigator.InhisnextcrimethrillerIKnowYou'reaMurderer(1971)thelaterfamousdirectorJiriAdamecappeared.Intheseventieshefoundnewbearingsinthethecomedyofmanners.ThefirstwascalledAreWeaGoodMatch,Darling...?(1974).Anothersatire,TomorrowWe'llMakeIt,Sweetheart..!(1976)tellsoftwofamilieswhosemutualenvymakesthemtrytooutdooneanotherinnastiness.…