Jan Kašpar's Life

The bridegroom Jan Kašpar is an officer in the Klement Gottwald's Nová Huť rolling-mill. After bidding farewell to his freedom, he accidentaly takes a sip from the bottle of tetrachlore which he stores at home. He disregards the dizziness, but the next day, he faints in the factory and has a brain concussion. During her regular tests, doctor Dudková is shocked by a high percentage of residual nitrogen found in Kašpar's blood. Doctor Boháček, with whom Dudková consults, thinks that it is a liver disease and informs the head physician Filip. The doctors know nothing about tetrachlore and are in the dark about the case. Despite that, they immediately start to fight for Kašpar's life and their struggle consequently affects their personal lives. Boháček loses his well-deserved day off, the nurse Eliška has a spat with her lover. Filip forgets about his long past rivalry and asks the liver-disease expert, doctor Kareš, for help. Kareš suppresses his conceit, too, and examines Kašpar. He sets both the diagnosis and the treatment: Kašpar must be transferred to Prague immediately to get a dialysis. His transfer by a military helicopter is arranged by the ex-husband of Kašpar's fiancé. The pilot risks his life in the bad weather. And in Prague, the divorced doctor Friedl loses the last aspects of his daughter Zuzanka's affections since he is busy as so many times before. Kašpar's life is saved thanks to the people who sacrificed their leisure time and a part of their private life for his sake.