“A bored housewife, a husband who married her for show, and a stupid boy who is full of himself because he is dating a Swiss woman.” The words of Inspector Tůma sound like they’re from a European melodrama, but in fact they come from a Czechoslovak crime story. A pair of detectives, counterfeit medicine, the high-society setting of a Karlovy Vary hotel, and Oldřich Nový as the aging hotel manager Kraus.
Screenplay: Vladimír Čech, Karel Cop
Story: Karel Cop
Director: Vladimír Čech
Director of Photography: Josef Střecha
Kpt. Tůma
Lieutenant Frantisek Líbal
Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel
Kraus' wife called Isa
Dr. Vopálenský
laboratory assistant Mirek Zach
magician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)
thief Josef Sesták