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
![Blanka Bohdanová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268274_905738.jpg)
Blanka Bohdanová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Ryba ve čtyřech (1987) (TV movie)
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1959)
![Jiří Bruder](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271944_e34dea.jpg)
Jiří Bruder
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, a Sailor from York (1981)
A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965) (TV movie)
![Vlastimil Fišar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276000_f665c4.jpg)
Vlastimil Fišar
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Krysa (1979) (theatrical recording)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
![Otakar Žebrák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/126/158126190_32e227.jpg)
Otakar Žebrák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Accused (1964)
The Jester's Tale (1964)
![Elmar Klos](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/269/269810_4ba7d9.jpg)
Elmar Klos
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Před maturitou (1932)
Nemocný bílý slon (1989)
![Stanislav Zindulka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271380_10a7ce.jpg)
Stanislav Zindulka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Gustav Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Iva Skaláková
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Kuřata na cestách (1962)
Marta Richterová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
On the Comet (1970)
I Enjoy the World with You (1982)
![Marcela Sedláčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275709_f78ad1.jpg)
Marcela Sedláčková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Sylva Byšická](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/514/158514157_2e3842.jpg)
Sylva Byšická
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
A 105 p. c. Alibi (1959)
Marie (1964)
Jiří Chalupa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Případ korneta Jelagina (1968) (TV movie)
This Year in September (1962)
![Vladimír Hrabánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268132_dec367.jpg)
Vladimír Hrabánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Semafor - Největší hity (2005) (video compilation)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
![Emanuel Kovařík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275616_d1df01.jpg)
Emanuel Kovařík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Station Master (1941)
František Suk
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The White Lady (1965)
The Secret of Blood (1953)
Míla Svoboda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Station Master (1941)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Accused (1964)
Miloslav Šindler
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)
Luděk Marold
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
The Lady of the Lines (1966)
Otto Ohnesorg
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
Morgiana (1972)
Accused (1964)
Ladislav Zápotocký
Best movies:
Accused (1964)
The Jester's Tale (1964)
Tereza (1961)