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Overview
It's New Year's Eve afternoon and Honza, Jana and Zdeněk decide to go out into the karst area. Despite the express ban, one of them goes down into an unknown underground tunnel. When he doesn't return for a long time, the others go looking for him. But they soon discover that they are not enough on their own. Only the best rescuer, Karel Nousek, can save him. However, he is dealing with a complicated life situation. He loves his colleague's wife and is about to solve a love triangle. That evening, Olga wants to tell her husband that she is breaking up with him because of Nousek...
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Jiří Bartoška
Jiří Bartoška
záchranář Karel Nousek
Jiří Bartoška
záchranář Karel Nousek


Eva Jakoubková
Eva Jakoubková
Olga
Eva Jakoubková
Olga


Petr Svojtka
Petr Svojtka
Hofman
Petr Svojtka
Hofman


Martin Stropnický
Martin Stropnický
Honza
Martin Stropnický
Honza


Zlata Adamovská
Zlata Adamovská
Jana
Zlata Adamovská
Jana


Jan Hrušínský
Jan Hrušínský
Zdeněk
Jan Hrušínský
Zdeněk
Martin Šotola
Martin Šotola
Martin
Martin Šotola
Martin


Miloš Vávra
Miloš Vávra
Matoušek
Miloš Vávra
Matoušek


Tomáš Juřička
Tomáš Juřička
Tomáš Juřička


Otakar Brousek
Otakar Brousek
Otakar Brousek
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