Accident

The shot-firer, Kamil Coufal, prepares an extensive demolition of a building in a chemical factory in Northern Bohemia. Coufal is a successful and respected expert. He becomes obsessed with the purchase of a cottage, called White Seclusion, where the old woodcarver Vodrlík lives. Coufal's marriage is in slight trouble. Kamil is perhaps rightly jealous of his wife, Zdena, a operation-room nurse at the policlinic, who used to have night duties with doctor Kraus, who is openly courting her. The Coufals love their daughter, who has some health problems. Coufal refuses to use the entire floor of his parents' house for holiday. Zdena gets along with his parents better then him. Zdena also likes the cottage, White Seclusion, but she does not know how to get money for it, although Kamil has a high salary. Coufal's former schoolmate, Šepka, a wine-house manager, lets him earn the necessary money. As years ago, Kamil can play piano in the evening in his wine-restaurant. In return, Kamil has to install water and floor heating in the cottage. Kamil provides the material. The woodcarver Vodrlík, refuses to sell his cottage, but Šepka knows it in fact belongs to his son and he promises Kamil to arrange the purchase. Kamil takes a holiday and all day long he sweats at the Šepka's cottage. In reality, Šepka wants to sell this cottage and get While Seclusion for himself. He perverts Coufal's desire for White Seclusion, and asks him to blast the earth off for the construction of a swimming pool. Kamil's obsession is stronger then his reason and he steals high explosive from work and excavates the pit by detonation. He is already very exhausted and neglects his duties at work. A detonation in the chemical factory ends up with an accident and fire. Kamil is arrested by the police. Zdena visits him after the arrest. The wine restaurant manager gives him just the advancement for the work Kamil has done at his cottage, which Kamil sent to Vodrlík' s son. It is the wine restaurant manager who becomes the new owner of White Seclusion. Kamil can't even take him to court, as he arranged everything unofficially. Doctor Kraus would like to profit from this situation, but Zdena refuses him. Kamil is released from custody after two days. At night he unsuccessfully tries to attack Šepka in front of the wine restaurant. Zdena and Kamil are sitting in the house on the stairs. The sleepy daughter, Ditka, has made them come back home.