Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

91 mins | Crime | July 28, 1961

“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.

Where an Alibi Is Not Everything

91 mins | Crime | July 28, 1961

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.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Kde alibi nestačí
Directors Anna Lackovičová, Čestmír Mlíkovský, Věra Ticháčková, Vladimír Čech
Writers Ladislav Fikar, Pavel Kopta, Karel Cop, Vladimír Čech

Cast

Karel Höger

as Kpt. Tůma

Josef Bek

as Lieutenant Frantisek Líbal

Oldřich Nový

as Jindrich Kraus, director of the hotel

Anna Pitašová

as Kraus' wife called Isa

Bohuš Záhorský

as Dr. Vopálenský

Jan Tříska

as laboratory assistant Mirek Zach

Miloš Nedbal

as magician Bonhardi (Ladislav Valenta)

Bohumil Šmída

as thief Josef Sesták

Oldřich Velen

as Lieutenant Jiri Florian

Marcela Martínková

as laboratory assistant Zdena Fisárková

Josef Abrhám

as witness Jirka Ruml

Libuše Geprtová

as Ruml's girl

Anna Gabrielová

as Krystofová

Hana Brožová

as Golf player

Miloslav Lipinský

as Dancer

Věra Burešová

as Dancer

Alena Martinovská

as Dancer

Antonín Kandert

as warehouseman Rendl

František Miroslav Doubrava

as member of the VB

Ota Motyčka

as Inspektor

Josef Hlinomaz

as Receptionist

Bohumil Honsa

as Porter

Marta Kaňovská

as stranger

Eva Marie Kavanová

as Golf player

František Kovářík

as old Mr. Mensík

Věra Langrová

as Receptionist

Václav Lohniský

as Receptionist

Vilém Pruner

as Waiter

Zdeněk Řehoř

as Lokvenc

Sonja Sázavská

as bartender Lenka

George Skalenakis

as stranger

Otto Šimánek

as Moravec

Zdeněk Týle

as Lifftboy

Gustav Nezval

as Chief of the VB

Věra Hanslíková

as Woman at interrogation

Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová

as Fikjzlová - woman at interrogation

Milka Balek-Brodská

as Rezácová - woman at interrogation

Milena Geislerová

as Stranger

Václav Wasserman

as Guest at the hotel

Karel Peyr

as Sochor - man at interrogation

Martin Vačkář

as Pikolík