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Director Jiří Svoboda and screenwriter Václav Šašek enjoyed collaborations that delivered historical drama Svět nic neví (The World Knows Nothing, 1987) and psychological thriller Prokletí domu Hajnů (The Curse of the Hajns’ House, 1988), based on the work of Jaroslav Havlíček. However, they also co-produced this 1981 drama about a woman who finds herself at odds with a gang of criminals. The husband of nurse Marta Kavanová is among a group of men who rob a Prague post office. After his unexpected death, accomplices Dolfi and Bureš demand loot from the unsuspecting widow… In a characteristic situation for the crime genre, the young woman finds those confronting her are debauched and capable of anything. The plot is based on the intense escalation of tension within a confined space, something of a trademark when it comes to the narration of director Svoboda. Zora Ulla Keslerová stars in the main role, while Jiří Klepl and Pavel Nový play the husband’s partners in crime.