Directed by:
Vladimír ČechCinematography:
Josef StřechaComposer:
Dalibor C. VačkářCast:
Karel Höger, Josef Bek, Oldřich Nový, Bohumil Šmída, Bohuš Záhorský, Jan Tříska, Miloš Nedbal, Marcela Martínková, Anna Pitašová, Václav Lohniský (more)Plots(1)
The “Alibi” detective series consists of three films from the years 1959 to 1965 and stars police inspectors Tůma (Karel Höger) and Líbal (Josef Bek). Where an Alibi Is Not Everything is the second of the three, in which an investigation into counterfeit medicine leads the detectives to Karlovy Vary. Oldřich Nový appears in a distinctive supporting role as hotel manager Kraus, a man with a weakness for luxury and for a younger woman who does not return his affections. Compared to the customary parts played by this foremost Czech actor, Kraus is an unusually complex character: practically-minded and a devoted partner but also troubled, cynical, and almost menacing in his suffering. (Karlovy Vary International Film Festival)
(more)Cast
Karel Höger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Malér (1965) (TV movie)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
Josef Bek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
The White Lady (1965)
Oldřich Nový
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Christian (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
Bohumil Šmída
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Partie krásného dragouna (1970)
Girl with a Seashell (1980)
If a Thousand Clarinets (1964)
Bohuš Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Jan Tříska
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Miloš Nedbal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Marcela Martínková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Shadows of a Hot Summer (1977)
Ikarie XB 1 (1963)
Jak svět přichází o básníky (1982)
Anna Pitašová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
The White Dove (1960)
Václav Lohniský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Witchhammer (1969)
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Zdeněk Řehoř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Otto Šimánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Vajíčko (1968) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
Invention for Destruction (1958)
Anna Gabrielová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
Nocturnal Butterfly (1941)
František Kovářík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Rudolf Deyl ml.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Gustav Nezval
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Lakomec (1972) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Lubomír Kostelka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Antonín Kandert
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Capek's Tales (1947)
Neviditelný (1965) (TV movie)
Happy Journey (1943)
Libuše Geprtová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
V zámku a podzámčí (1981) (TV movie)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)