The story of the chief prosecutor Dr. Klapka - a self-confident, cold-blooded, calculating man who lives in the comfort befitting his position - and his attractive wife. Dr. Klapka sues the factory owner Muller for murdering his brother and, years ago, his mistress for selfish reasons. The prosecutor has no direct evidence and must rely only on his oratory skills to propose the maximum sentence. In his desperate attempt to win the trial, he grabs at every straw. In this case, such a straw is a mysterious exotic stranger with alleged clairvoyant abilities to read the writer's character from a manuscript just by touching it with his fingers.
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Rudolf Hrušínský
Known for
The Cremator
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Alena Vránová
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Josef Somr
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Petr Čepek
Known for
Faust
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Karel Houska
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Křížová vazba
Miroslava Valová Director · Karel Čapek Author Otmar Mácha Composer
First release October 10, 1981 · Produced in XC
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Československá televize Praha
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XC
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Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · October 10, 1981
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