Karel Doležal, insurance clerk and exemplary father of a family, leaves for a business trip with his secretary Vlasta. After spending the night together, they both return home. However, thanks to a small moment of inattention, they run over the boys. Karel runs away from the scene of the crime. He won't tell anyone what happened. Then when he reads in the newspaper that the boy did not survive the accident, he begins to feel guilty. He confides in his wife about the accident, not the infidelity. Their son Jirka overhears everything. His father has always been his role model, and that's why he doesn't want to accept his guilt.
Miloš Nedbal
as Karel Doležal
Marie Vášová
as Zdena, Doležal's wife
Jan Prokeš
as Jirka Doležal
Irena Kačírková
as Vlasta
Bohuš Záhorský
as commissar Rudolf Mautner
Vladimír Hlavatý
as professor
Eduard Dubský
as Verbl, insurance officer
František Kovářík
as director schools
František Šlégr
as director of the insurance company
Oldřich Hoblík
as factory owner Hajek
Michaela Lišková
as Alenka, daughter of the Doležals
Jindřich Fairaizl
as insurance agent Tonda Mejzr
