Where an Alibi Is Not Everything
“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.
Release Date
July 28, 1961Runtime
91 minGenres
CrimeDirected by
Čestmír Mlíkovský, Anna Lackovičová, Věra Ticháčková, Vladimír ČechScreenplay by
Vladimír Čech, Karel CopStory by
Karel CopLanguage
CzechBudget
$0Revenue
$0Status
ReleasedCast
Karel Höger
Kpt. TůmaJosef Bek
Lieutenant Frantisek LíbalOldřich Nový
Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotelBohuš Záhorský
Dr. VopálenskýJan Tříska
laboratory assistant Mirek ZachMiloš Nedbal
magician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)Bohumil Šmída
thief Josef SestákOldřich Velen
Lieutenant Jiri FlorianJosef Abrhám
witness Jirka RumlLibuše Geprtová
Ruml's girlRudolf Deyl
Alena Martinovská
DancerOta Motyčka
InspektorJosef Hlinomaz
ReceptionistBohumil Honsa
PorterLubomír Kostelka
chiefFrantišek Kovářík
old Mr. MensíkVáclav Lohniský
ReceptionistVilém Pruner
WaiterZdeněk Řehoř
LokvencGeorge Skalenakis
strangerOtto Šimánek
MoravecGustav Nezval
Chief of the VBMilka Balek-Brodská
Rezácová - woman at interrogationVáclav Wasserman
Guest at the hotel