Murderous Doubts

Milan Pešek, a shy middle-aged man, is trying to escape the care of his brother Josef. He jumps on the first departing bus, gets off at the terminus and walks towards the Belle View Hotel. The hotel is closed though and the unpleasant hotel manager called Mach refuses to let Pešek in. It is raining heavily and Pešek is returning back to town. On the way, he is sprayed all over by a car driven by Mrs Machová. She takes Pešek to the hotel to dry. Pešek immediately sees that the marriage of his hosts is not happy. The woman asks Pešek to stay. He happily accepts and starts helping Mrs Machová at the hotel. Shortly after, a ten-year-old Jana is found stabbed near the hotel. The next day, parents await their children at the bus stop. Only Jarka stays on her own, because she mistook her mum from a distance with a post woman. In the forest, the girl meets Pešek and the girl's cry sounds through the forest. The dead body of the girl is found by Machová. Pešek is arrested and he pleads guilty of the murder. Josef explains to the investigators that his brother is mentally ill, but would never hurt anyone. The detective carries out a crime reconstruction and Pešek is unable to show how he killed the girl or what he had used as the instrument of crime. After the reconstruction, the investigators order a meal at the Belle View Hotel. Machová sees her husband burning gloves. She approaches the investigators and writes on their bill that she suspects her husband Mach of the murders. The detectives do not read her note immediately. They return to the hotel just in time to save Machová's life, because her husband wanted to kill her too. Pešek is released and sets off for another journey.