Overview
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.
Cast
kapitán VB Miloš Tůma
nadporučík VB František Líbal
technical officer Karel Antos
Jirka
Emperor Josef Neumann, called Kici
Alfred Batysta, hotel manager
Sergeant VB Jindriska Hurková
laboratory assistant VB Lieutenant Kalenda
saleswoman from the buffet Majka Válková
Auditor Ferdinand Zelinka
Eva, Zelinka's daughter
Jana, Karl's sister, Jirka's girl