František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his former love Irena, unhappily married to factory owner Ondřej Ráž, seeks his understanding. When he helps plan an escape over the Šumava border, the group’s panic and violence lead to murder, prompting Brych to abandon the scheme and return home with Irena.

Reparto

Karel Höger

Lawyer Frantisek Brych

Vlasta Fialová

Irena

Otomar Krejča

Ráz

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Mizina

Jaroslav Průcha

Bartos

Jan Pivec

Saska

Vladimír Ráž

Boris Tajchman

Miloš Kopecký

Kamil Tajchman

Bohuš Záhorský

Kalous

Jiřina Šejbalová

Kalousová

Blanka Bohdanová

Ria, daughter of the Kalous

Valentina Thielová

Helena

Josef Bek

Patera

Eduard Kohout

balance account manager Karel Kazda

Josef Kemr

officer Štětka

Hans Hardt-Hardtloff

german converter Hans

Martin Růžek

Lazecký

Jarmila Smejkalová

Landová

Jiří Sovák

clerk Hlaváč

Walter Taub

director Oskar Baroch

Luděk Munzar

worker on patrol

Vilém Besser

worker Adamek

Miloš Vavruška

member of the SNB

Bohuš Hradil

professor in a hat

Karolina Slunéčková

secretary Vrzalová

Jaroslav Orlický

Nazi Herrmann, converter

Ivona Kárná

Jan Lada

Anna Kadeřábková

Paterová

Marie Nademlejnská

cleaning woman

Viktor Očásek