
As Nazi troops prepare to occupy the already truncated Czechoslovak Republic, a small military garrison made up of communists defies orders to abandon their post.
Cast

Ladislav Chudík
staff captain Richter

Gustav Heverle
corporal Ríha

Jaroslav Mareš
Pepík

Jiří Sovák
Jarda

Martin Růžek
Zácek

František Vnouček
staff sergeant

Jaromír Spal
sergeant Hrabák

Martin Ťapák
Janko

Svatopluk Beneš
lieutenant Brandejs

Vladimír Krška
Tonek

Jarmila Kurandová
Chválová

Jana Dítětová
Lida, Chválová's daughter
Naděžda Gajerová
Anči, Chválová's daughter

Rudolf Deyl
illegal worker Jura

Vladimír Salač
Franta

Josef Vinklář
Mirek

Miloš Nedbal
german major
Ivo Gübel
german captain

Marie Ježková
Bláhová, Pepík's mother
Karel Hovorka
soldier
František Marek
general

Jindřich Narenta
german guard on the bridge

Karel Pavlík
german colonel
Jiří Suk
major
Josef Šidlichovský
security guard in a power plant

Miloš Vavruška
military scribe
Crew

Jiří Sequens
Director, Screenstory
Milan Jariš
Screenplay, Theatre Play
Vladimír Bor
Screenplay
Jan Chaloupek
Editor
Rudolf Milič
Director of Photography
Helena Pokorná
Assistant Director
Jaroslav Pour
Assistant Director
Vladimír Zelenka
Assistant Director
Vladimír Kabelík
Executive Producer

Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
Karel Lier
Production Design
Vladimír Řezníček
Camera Operator
Jaroslav Kupšík
Assistant Camera
Marie Malá
Costumer
Věra Kotlanová
Makeup & Hair
Vladimír Petřina
Makeup & Hair
Dobroslav Šrámek
Sound
Miloš Vacek
Original Music Composer
Antonín Mašek
Set Decoration
Jiří Pokorný
Production Manager
Josef Pitrák
Unit Production Manager
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