This movie is the seventh episode of the legendary Czech propagandistic serial that contains "thirty cases" of Czech successful criminologist. Most of these cases has some ideological content. "The Copper-plate" is the first Zeman's case which takes place in Prague. It's the year of 1950 and Zeman quests after group of counterfeiters of food-cards. This movie has impressive atmosphere of the beginning of fifties (but in fact it distinguishes from reality). There is attractive world of night wine-room Panonia with the songstress (played by Hana Hegerová) and profiteering personnel and contrasting (but in grain neighboring) milieu of emporium (there is the most expressive person - old herb-woman played by Vlasta Amortova, famous actress of communistic movies since the end of forties). This part is not important only for it is the first Zeman's case in Prague, but also because he meets his first wife - Lída. The feel of story is upheld by perfect film music by Zdenek Liska, his express in this movie is very rich: it is both melodic (canorous) and lyrical and there's also one song (chanson) sang by Hegerova.
