
92 minutes
11/20/1959
On an early Sunday evening, people of the small town are reading lottery results that are hung on a board. Young man Karel Antos is annoyed that his lottery-ticket missed the main prize, a car, by only one number. Karel is going to the pub to drink away his bad luck with his friend Jirka Broz. The old accountant auditor Zelinka drops a wallet. Karel picks it up and before he gives it back he notices the winning lottery-ticket in it. Both young men accompany the old drunk man. Karel steals the ticket and exchanges it with his own. Next day, Zelinka is found dead. Investigators, Captain Tuma and the Lieutenant Líbal, soon discover that this is a murder case covered up as an accident.

Karel Höger
as kapitán VB Miloš Tůma

Josef Bek
as nadporučík VB František Líbal

Otto Lackovič
as technical officer Karel Antos

Josef Vinklář
as Jirka

Vladimír Menšík
as Emperor Josef Neumann, called Kici

František Vnouček
as Alfred Batysta, hotel manager
Eva Kubešová
as Sergeant VB Jindriska Hurková

Miloš Vavruška
as laboratory assistant VB Lieutenant Kalenda
Dagmar Zikánová
as saleswoman from the buffet Majka Válková

Eduard Kohout
as Auditor Ferdinand Zelinka

Jana Štěpánková
as Eva, Zelinka's daughter

Zuzana Fišárková
as Jana, Karl's sister, Jirka's girl

Stanislav Neumann
as old Mr. Krejza
Josef Svátek
as father Antos
Sylva Byšická
as Batysta's wife

Eman Fiala
as ferryman Franta
Jiří Roll
as Police doctor
Jaroslav Synák
as junior sergeant VB Dymák
Jan Maška
as cashier at the savings bank Rektorys

Jiří Němeček
as a member of the SNB in the Majka apartment

Josef Hlinomaz
as Výcepní
Zdeněk Skalický
as A man at the gatehouse
Pavel Wuršer
as Truck driver
Aleš Košnar
as Pikolík
Zdeněk Jelínek
as A man in a savings bank
Zdeněk Erben
as A man in a savings bank
Ema Skálová
as Batysta's wife (voice)