At the Ronov castle, the archive-keeper professor Nykl (Milos Nedbal) is searching for the lost painting The Naked Shepherdess by the famous Fragonard. Nykl is just about to disassemble the mantelpiece in the knight's hall, convinced that the painting must be hidden somewhere inside. His efforts, however, meet the strong disapproval of the castle manager, Anna Juzová (Jirina Petrovická), who knows very well where The Naked Shepherdess is. She wants to get hold of the painting herself, to emigrate and smuggle it along. In fact, Anna deals with forgeries of the most distinguished old masters, selling them abroad. The copies are made for her by the painter and restorer Maudr (Martin Ruzek) and the certificates of authenticity are issued by Anna's companion - expert Laburda (Karel Höger). One day, Anna is found murdered in front of the castle's fireplace.
Владелец популярного журнала о светской жизни дает репортеру уголовной хроники Алену Пинкертону весьма странное задание. Честолюбивый красавец должен отправиться в замок Моррисвилль, где состоится бракосочетание сэра Морриса Ганнибала и леди Кларенс Гамильтон. Молодой репортер решительно настроен написать хороший материал, и его не пугают даже зловещие угрозы в адрес гостей мероприятия. Наоборот — атмосфера опасности и тайны только подогревает любопытство деятельного журналиста.
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It is the 1930s. Physician Bartos devotedly attends poor patients in the city suburbs, at the same time researching the possibilities of regeneration of human tissues after transplantation. His former colleague Rosen, now working as an assistant at the private clinic of surgeon Kirchenbruch, considers the research a mere utopia. The disappointed Bartos, trying to verify his theories, therefore accepts the outrageous proposal of Marion, owner of a brothel - to surgically replace the face of her lover, the wanted thief Cutter, with the face of murdered Father Hopsasa. Bartos is well paid but his successful operation remains a secret.
A Jewish doctor helps a political fugitive during the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia.
По роману Ариошта Люстига "Ночь и надежда".
О еврейском гетто, созданном фашистами в чехословацком городке Терезине, о том, как была арестована подпольная типография, а виновные вместе с очередным эшелоном отправлены в Освенцим.
