A WW I veteran still haunted by his time in the trenches settles in a small town to work for the railroad company. His pretty wife attracts the attention of the lonely young gravedigger.
Чтобы узнать мир за пределами императорского замка, король Максимилиан покидает свой дом. Во время одной из своих прогулок он встречает барабанщика, который возвращается с войны. Король и его подданный становятся друзьями. Вместе им предстоит пережить множество приключений и испытаний.
This production of Ostrava TV Studios was inspired by actual events which occurred in the Ostrava region of Moravia during the 1920s and 1930s. A hedonistic bon vivant of a lawyer named Zajícek (played by Václav Postránecký) came up with a sophisticated finance speculation scheme which exceeded the bounds of law. When discovered it became one of the most closely-followed First Republic scandals.