Olga finds her husband Karel Brand, whom she has just divorced, shot dead after returning from the cinema. It appears to be a clear case of suicide, but Lieutenant Dusek of the Public Security Service suspects that it is a murder, which, it is not impossible, as a number of evidences point against it, could have been committed by Mrs Olga. A letter from the dead man to his wife seems to dispel any doubt that it could have been murder. Lieutenant Dusek, however, investigates further. Much more than he, however, learns about the true circumstances from Mrs. Olga's legal advisor, Dr. Klimesh. He learns that the letter is indeed a forgery and that Brand's death is linked to the raids of an anti-state gang. He hesitates for a long time whether to confide in security, believing that doing so would testify in favor of Dusek's theory that the murder was committed by Olga...
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Vítězslav Vejražka
Dr. Klimes
Also in
The Devil's Trap
Princ a chuďas
Vlasta Matulová
Olga Brandová
Also in
Veselý souboj
Against All
František Belfín
Vladimír Borský
Also in
Poručík Alexander Rjepkin
Three Men in the Snow
Eduard Fiker
František Hanus
Dusek
Also in
Magical River
The Third Prince
Miroslav Hájek
Stanislav Neumann
Novák
Also in
The Proud Princess
Ferdy The Ant
Jiří Srnka
Bohumil Švarc
Karlícek
Known for
The Omen
Karel Škvor
Jaroslav Mareš
Drasner
Known for
Ikarie XB 1
When the Cat Comes
Vladimír Borský Director · Eduard Fiker Screenplay Jiří Srnka Composer
First release November 29, 1957 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
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Filmové studio Barrandov
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Barrandov Studios
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XC
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Czech
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Czech
Release dates
Slovakia · November 29, 1957
XC · November 29, 1957
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Germany
May 16, 1958
Hungary
August 7, 1958
Russia
November 11, 1958
Russia
November 11, 1958 · Theatrical
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