Cherchez la femme

Film is based on the French play "The Parrot and the Chicken" by Robert Thom, which, in turn, is an adaptation of the play by the British playwright Jack Poplewell "Mrs. Piper leads the investigation". The picture has all the features of a detective (no wonder the subtitle says: "The story of a murder"), but there is also a lot of comedy in it. Funny features are exaggerated in the characters ' characters, and the director's intonation shows irony in relation to the cliches of the detective genre. The intrigue of the film keeps the audience's attention, but comic touches now and then discharge the suspense, give a somewhat silly tone to what is happening on the screen.