1966 - WHO WANTS TO KILL JESSIE?, crazy sci-fi/fantasy from Czechoslovakia

This screwball film from Czechoslovakia has to be seen to be believed.  The wife of a scientist has invented a device that can make a person's dreams come true.  She uses it on her husband while he is asleep and out comes a blonde bombshell named Jessie who is the featured character in a comic book series he has been reading called "Who Wants to Kill Jessie?".  Along with the blonde, a couple of her antagonists also materialize, a strongman and his henchman who is dressed as a cowboy.  The comedic situations arise when people in the real world have to deal with imaginary comic book characters who continue to act like they are in a comic book story.

The film is full of sight gags and slapstick.  The two comic book bad guys chase after Jessie all through the city.  They create havoc where ever they go, and their are many scenes of stuff getting destroyed.  The comic book characters don't actually speak in the real world.  They communicate with dialog balloons and everyone eventually reacts to this as it is completely normal thing.

 

The film is short and sweet, it sets up it's comic situation and then milks it for some laughs without overdoing it.  A funny and very weird film.

 

Co-written by the director Václav Vorlíček along with Miloš Macourek.  The running time is 81 minutes.