The Last of the Mohicans

The antiquarian Bořivoj Kohout puts great effort into keeping his wife and children - two daughters and a son - under strict control. His daughter Zdeňka's suitor Bečvář intends to conquer his tyranny and thus help the family towards a more peaceful life and pave the way towards his marriage to Zdeňka. For him to succeed requires a lot of painstaking work. Meanwhile, Bořivoj Kohout's brother Jaroslav wants to appease his principled brother and travels to Prague to see him. At the circus Bořivoj tries to stop a production being organized by the lion-tamers. As the chairman of an association for the protection of animals he wants to put an end to such maltreatment. He is taken to a hospital for nervous disorders since no-one believes that a healthy person could act the way he does. Bečvář contacts Jaroslav Kohout and they try to have Bořivoj released from the institution. The price for this help is an exchange of role - Jaroslav remains in the hospital instead of Bořivoj, and Bořivoj, who looks identical to his brother, returns home as Jaroslav. This change of identity enables Bořivoj to discover the true situation in his family and the views of his wife and children on his tyrannical behaviour. This recognition cures him of his dictatorial ways, and peace and mutual understanding finally return to the family circle.