Directed by:
Zdeněk Podskalský st.Cinematography:
Vladimír OpletalComposer:
Angelo MichajlovCast:
Vlastimil Brodský, Jana Brejchová, Iva Janžurová, Jan Libíček, Jiřina Jirásková, Josef Beyvl, Darja Hajská, Jaromír Hanzlík, Jaroslav Moučka, Miroslav Homola (more)Plots(1)
A fire bursts out in the Research Institute of the Chemical Factories. The confused firemen fail to fight the fire, and thus the ingeniousness of the charming senior lecturer Kostohryz has a chance to be demonstrated again, since the scientist applies his most recent invention to extinguish the fire. In the institute, Kostohryz is an unquestionable star admired by men and loved by women. There are two assistants who furiously compete for his favour - Dagmar and Ester, whose mutual hatred is almost tangible. The police captain with his assistant Alžběta can well sense that here life is already at stake. The two women are bloody-minded and eventually, Ester dies in an explosion in the nuclear shelter where she was enticed by her rival. Paradoxically, the one suspected of the crime is the senior lecturer who is "saved" from conviction by the testimony of the treacherous Dagmar. The senior lecturer marries Dagmar to help the police convict her of murder. But Dagmar finds out about this and her love turns into a passionate desire for revenge. The honeymoon in a gamekeeper's lodge passes in attacks on Kostohryz's life. It is only Dagmar's straightforward attempt to kill her husband with an injection of poison that eventually leads the murderess to prison. The senior lecturer returns to the institute where he, shocked, meets Ester, healthy and alive. Ester, too, forces him to marry her and she, too, burns with desire for revenge. Even before the wedding trip, she hurries to the pharmacist to buy an especially strong rat poison. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Bohumil Švarc st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271613_5904fc.jpg)
Bohumil Švarc st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
![Ilja Prachař](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/539/167539145_4wort3.jpg)
Ilja Prachař
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
![František Hanus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274304_7b613c.jpg)
František Hanus
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
![František Filipovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268130_966c13.jpg)
František Filipovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Josef Vinklář](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268564_ef3a12.jpg)
Josef Vinklář
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Roman Skamene](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/946/160946590_dc1dc7.jpg)
Roman Skamene
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Mňága - Happy End (1996)
![Světla Svozilová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/056/165056146_53ecf2.png)
Světla Svozilová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
![Zdeněk Najman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281118_53d320.jpg)
Zdeněk Najman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Lady (1965)
The Best Woman in My Life (1968)
A Night at Karlstein (1973)
![Josef Hlinomaz](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268635_bd9592.jpg)
Josef Hlinomaz
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Karel Urbánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275739_ad65ab.jpg)
Karel Urbánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Věc Makropulos (1970) (theatrical recording)
Egyptologové (1974) (TV movie)
Muži jdou v tmě (1975) (TV movie)
![Marie Popelková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/167/440/167440442_5lsbaf.jpg)
Marie Popelková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Happy End (1967)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
![Helena Růžičková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/647/161647089_6deb68.jpg)
Helena Růžičková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Marta Richterová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
On the Comet (1970)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
Jarmila Marešová
Best movies:
Devilish Honeymoon (1970)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
![Václav Trégl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268144_b1f8f7.jpg)
Václav Trégl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Stanislav Litera
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Happy End (1967)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
![Václav Neckář](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294169_bbc2b9.jpg)
Václav Neckář
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Larks on a String (1969)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
![Zdeněk Rytíř](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987507_85c42a.jpg)
Zdeněk Rytíř
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Michal Tučný - Fidlej a hraj (2008) (video compilation)
Brakýři (1983) (TV movie)
Devilish Honeymoon (1970)
![Jana Andresíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268255_e20684.jpg)
Jana Andresíková
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Joke (1968)
Cuckoo in a Dark Forest (1984)
Josef Borovian
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Fantom Morrisvillu (1966)