“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.

Bohuš Záhorský
Dr. Vopálenský

Jan Tříska
laboratory assistant Mirek Zach

Miloš Nedbal
magician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)

Bohumil Šmída
thief Josef Sesták