Cinematography:
Rudolf MiličComposer:
Zdeněk LiškaCast:
Vlado Müller, Zora Jiráková, Martin Štěpánek, Jaroslav Blažek, Pavel Bártl, Milan Jedlička, Miroslav Macháček, Jiří Menzel, Kamil Bešťák, Jiří Schulz (more)Plots(1)
Three defendants are brought to the regional court: Director Josef Kudrna and his subordinates - engineer Potůček and clerk Zelenka. They are being tried for the unlawful appropriation of national property, which was discovered during an audit at the construction site of a power plant in Blahovice. The financial loss caused by the unjustified disbursements of bonuses amounts to approximately five million crowns. Zelenka and Potůček indeed grew rich personally, assigning bonuses to themselves and giving shares from the unjustly paid money to other employees. They confess to their crime. The situation with Kudrna is different. This honest and immensely industrious man, who worked his way up from being a worker to his recent position, first does not admit any guilt to himself. Shattered, he learns only in court that his deputy Ludl, who was responsible for the finances and made the unlawful appropriation possible, has hanged himself. Kudrna was pushed by the ministry to meet the final term of the power plant's construction at any cost and gave orders for bonus payments for workers to encourage them to work harder. He, however, signed some documents submitted to him by his subordinates without reading them. The construction was finished in time, without even spending the whole budget. The inspection, called for by the chairman of the Factory Committee of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia, nevertheless found the aforementioned irregularities in the bookkeeping. Zelenka and Potůček are sentenced to jail for many years. However, Kudrna, whose sentence is very low and corresponds to the period of his detention, rejects his verdict, feeling equally responsible for the whole matter. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Vlado Müller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268684_7f070d.jpg)
Vlado Müller
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zhŕňajova nevesta (1978) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
![Zora Jiráková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058484_92da4e.jpg)
Zora Jiráková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Larks on a String (1969)
Accused (1964)
![Martin Štěpánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275177_943af0.jpg)
Martin Štěpánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Accused (1964)
![Pavel Bártl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058486_d5757c.jpg)
Pavel Bártl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
![Milan Jedlička](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276237_da87ad.jpg)
Milan Jedlička
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Long Live the Republic! (1965)
Břetislav a Jitka (1974) (TV movie)
Accused (1964)
![Miroslav Macháček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268539_1fadf5.jpg)
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
![Jiří Menzel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/762/164762519_8e2558.jpg)
Jiří Menzel
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
The Cremator (1968)
Larks on a String (1969)
Kamil Bešťák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Accused (1964)
Mykoin PH 510 (1963)
Jiří Schulz
Best movies:
Lemonade Joe (1964)
Accused (1964)
The Death of Tarzan (1962)
![Pavel Spálený](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275460_c6a840.jpg)
Pavel Spálený
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Dva na koni, jeden na oslu (1977) (theatrical recording)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Richard Lederer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
Accused (1964)
Hvězda zvaná Pelyněk (1964)
Jiří Michný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Death in the Saddle (1958)
Stanislav Fišer
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Náš dědek Josef (1976)
Bylo čtvrt a bude půl (1968)
Štefan Petrák
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Accused (1964)
The Last Witch (1957)
![Vladimír Ptáček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/078/964/78964377_d4dcbd.jpg)
Vladimír Ptáček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
All My Compatriots (1968)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
Larks on a String (1969)
![Ota Sklenčka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271443_3a32b5.jpg)
Ota Sklenčka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Jaroslav Dufek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/117/159/117159954_603545.jpg)
Jaroslav Dufek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Stromy umírají vstoje (1998) (TV movie)
The Assassination (1964)
Škola žen (2007) (theatrical recording)
![Jindřich Narenta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268716_d15abe.jpg)
Jindřich Narenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Cremator (1968)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
![Josef Somr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268175_66305a.jpg)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)