
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.
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

old Mr. Krejza

father Antos
Batysta's wife
ferryman Franta

Police doctor
junior sergeant VB Dymák
cashier at the savings bank Rektorys
a member of the SNB in the Majka apartment

Výcepní

A man at the gatehouse
Truck driver
Pikolík
A man in a savings bank
A man in a savings bank
Batysta's wife (voice)