Lieutenant Vasátko is spending Christmas vacation in a mountain cabin where a diverse group of people have gathered. The painter Horác and two married couples, the director Skorkovský and his wife and his new discovery, the not very clever Jájinka and her husband. There is a murder and an unusual denouement.
Radovan LukavskýNadporučík Vašátko
Josef KemrMalíř Horác
Jana HlaváčováRůža
Helga ČočkováLída
Jorga KotrbováJája
Josef SomrSkorkovský
Ivan VyskočilKopeček
Jaroslav MoučkaBrož
Zdeněk TůmaFandaZdeněk Hodrlékař
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