In early 20th century Czechoslovakia, a gravely ill chemist recalls his discovery of a powerful explosive and how it landed in the hands of anarchists.
Cast
Karel Höger
Prokop
Florence Marly
Princess Wilhelmina Hagen
Jiří Plachý
D'Hemon
Nataša Tanská
Anna Tomes
František Smolík
Dr. Tomeš
Miroslav Homola
Jiří Tomeš
Eduard Linkers
Carson
Vlasta Fabianová
The Woman with the Veil
Jaroslav Průcha
Unknown
Bedřich Vrbský
Baron Rohn
Karel Dostal
Professor in Dream
Bohuš Hradil
Holz
František Vnouček
Agitational Orator
Vítězslav Boček
Unknown
Jiřina Petrovická
The Nurse
Jaroslav Zrotal
The Doctor
Zvonimir Rogoz
Unknown
Antonín Jirsa
Unknown
Magda Kopřivová
Unknown
Zdeněk Hodr
Unknown
František Marek
Unknown
Anna Gabrielová
Unknown
Filip Balek-Brodský
Unknown
Ema Hrubá
Unknown
Ema Kreutzerová
Unknown
Ann Sortreed
Unknown
Margarette Previtali
Unknown
Stojanka Mustafova
Unknown
Tsiao-Jeh
Unknown
Margaret Amakof
Unknown
Čebeh Čančinov
Unknown
Di Lazari
Unknown
Di Manignati
Unknown
Růžena Mazalová
Unknown
Crew
Otakar Vávra
Director, Screenplay, Creative Producer
Jaroslav R. Vávra
Screenplay
Karel Čapek
Novel
Antonín Zelenka
Editor
Václav Hanuš
Director of Photography
Jindřich Polák
Assistant Director
František Milič
Assistant Director
Karel Feix
Executive Producer
Jan Zázvorka
Production Design
Rudolf Stahl
Assistant Camera
Felix Leibl
Assistant Camera
Marie Bartoňková
Costume Consultant
Štěpán Dušánek
Costumer
Ladislav Tomek
Costumer
Bohuslava Havrdová
Costumer
R. Nováková
Costumer
J. Janda
Makeup & Hair
Oldřich Mach
Makeup Artist
Václav Kamarád
Makeup Artist
Emil Poledník
Sound
Jiří Srnka
Original Music Composer
Fr. Švehla
Accountant
František Rieger
Set Decoration
Věra Ženíšková
Script Supervisor
Jiří Kollinger
Assistant Production Design
Bohumil Šmída
Production Manager
Jiří Pokorný
Unit Manager
Miroslav Šimonek
Unit Manager
Otakar Pařík
Conductor
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