Directed by:
Jiří SlavíčekCinematography:
Karel DeglComposer:
Julius KalašCast:
Vladimír Šmeral, Josef Beyvl, Karel Pavlík, Marie Kautská, František Holar, Josef Maršálek, Oldřich Vykypěl, Běla Jurdová, František Klika, Viktor Očásek, Irena Bernátová, Jiřina Bílá, Emil Kavan (more)Plots(1)
Shortly after the end of the Second World War. The whole country is striving to recover its economic life, but in some places there really seems to be a hitch. For example, on the construction site of the Koudelák company, nothing is quite as it should be. The assistant Beránek is warning the owner of the construction company that the building they are working on is not safe enough. He discusses the irregularities at the construction site with Koudelák's daughter Alena, whom he takes to a dancing party to celebrate his birthday. But Alena doesn't want to hear about it. The next day, Beránek is found lying unconscious in the light shaft of the house in which Alena lives, as does the foreman Klimeš with whom Beránek had a fight over the work. Beránek dies on the way to the hospital. His murder is being investigated by criminologists Zouplna and Šimák, who is a specialist in the black market. Several people are suspected of murder: foreman Klimeš, black marketer Matuška, Alena, and her beloved Bártl. But Šimák discovers a different murderer. He invites everyone involved to the construction site that evening and there reveals the real killer - the building contractor Koudelák. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
Vladimír Šmeral
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Byl jednou jeden dům (1974) (series)
Josef Beyvl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
Karel Pavlík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Marie Kautská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Distant Journey (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
František Holar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
Josef Maršálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Divá Bára (1949)
Alena (1947)
Uloupená hranice (1947)
Oldřich Vykypěl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
All My Compatriots (1968)
Jan Hus (1954)
Jan Žižka (1955)
Běla Jurdová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
František Klika
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Happy Journey (1943)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Jan Hus (1954)
Viktor Očásek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Happy End (1967)
Irena Bernátová
Best movies:
Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
Men About Town (1969)
Emil Kavan
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Proud Princess (1952)
Divá Bára (1949)
Life Was the Stake (1956)
Miloš Hájek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
A Dead Man Among the Living (1946)
Prokop Diviš (1977) (TV movie)
Jindra Hermanová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Girl in Blue (1939)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Jan S. Kolár
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
Viktor Nejedlý st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Anton Špelec, ostrostřelec (1932)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)
Life Is a Dog (1933)
Miroslav Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
Josef Balda
Best movies:
Dnes o půl jedenácté (1949)