Marriage with Strings Attached

In front of a cinema the pretty and energetic young girl Vlasta addresses a waiting young man. She thinks he is the "bridegroom" that her lover Mirek has promised to arrange for her. Vlasta is not from Prague and as a newly graduated teacher she has to leave for a first work assignment in the country. She can only stay in the town and work in another field if she marries a man with official domicile in Prague. Mirek doesn't want to get married and has offered Vlasta his friend, who is a practical joker and would certainly be willing to marry her for a short time. At the agreed place Vlasta addresses Vlastík Vrána by mistake. He is not the promised friend, but he understands Vlasta's problem and agrees to the marriage. The young man works at a petrol station and since his mother's death has lived alone in a cooperative flat. After a short while the wedding takes place in Karlovy Vary. After the dinner the newly weds end up in a luxury hotel room and even in the same bed. Although Vlasta had intended to get a rapid divorce, it seems that kind Vlastík has charmed her and an almost idyllic relationship is developing between them. The woman cleans at home and takes lunches to her husband at work. But then she runs into Mirek. He is shocked to find that Vlasta is married, he did not sent anyone to the cinema that time. Suddenly he wants to marry Vlasta himself. The woman soon forgets her budding love for her husband. Vlastík is unhappy, and refuses to talk to Mirek and the lawyer. When Vlasta comes to his flat he silently hands over her things.