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
![Vlastimil Brodský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281492_215952.jpg)
Vlastimil Brodský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
![Jana Brejchová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281468_a9e15f.jpg)
Jana Brejchová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Iva Janžurová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/006/164006733_90f876.jpg)
Iva Janžurová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
![Jan Libíček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271362_265fe9.jpg)
Jan Libíček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Jiřina Jirásková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268374_433751.jpg)
Jiřina Jirásková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Josef Beyvl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/057/164057035_abaf60.jpg)
Josef Beyvl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
![Darja Hajská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268529_c4b319.jpg)
Darja Hajská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Station Master (1941)
![Jaromír Hanzlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/381/161381822_6dd797.jpg)
Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
![Jaroslav Moučka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268728_2c516e.jpg)
Jaroslav Moučka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
The Sorcerer's Apprentice (1977)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Miroslav Homola](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272359_1aa34a.jpg)
Miroslav Homola
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Karel Hovorka st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275705_643e4d.jpg)
Karel Hovorka st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
The Cremator (1968)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
![Josef Chvalina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271369_7eeb50.jpg)
Josef Chvalina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Vratislava Jelínková
Best movies:
Devilish Honeymoon (1970)
Svět otevřený náhodám (1971)
The Hippo (1973)
![Hana Talpová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268486_360dd3.jpg)
Hana Talpová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Larks on a String (1969)
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
![Jiří Pleskot](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268668_2b66a9.jpg)
Jiří Pleskot
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
![Zdeněk Řehoř](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268700_32c92a.jpg)
Zdeněk Řehoř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Nina Popelíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268427_489efd.jpg)
Nina Popelíková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
V zámku a podzámčí (1981) (TV movie)
Nezralé maliny (1980) (TV movie)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)
![Viktor Maurer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271510_73a257.jpg)
Viktor Maurer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
![Květa Fialová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268312_e7d36c.jpg)
Květa Fialová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
![Jan Schánilec](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/467/467371_840c7c.jpg)
Jan Schánilec
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jindřich IV. (1968) (theatrical recording)
Oil Lamps (1971)