A family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovak village over a period of thirty years (1887–1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry; in the second part, his son is center stage living in a period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately results in the first World War. After originally airing on Czechoslovakian television in 1983 as a four-part 226-minute mini-series, this production received a 163-minute theatrical release in 1984.
Cast
Štefan Kvietik
Samo
Jozef Kroner
Martin Pichanda
Michal Dočolomanský
Valent
Ivana Valešová
Mária
Eva Jakoubková
Kristína
Jana Janovská
Ružena
Štefan Šafárik
Unknown
Pavol Mikulík
Julo
Milan Kiš
Dropa
Igor Čillík
Svanda
Ivan Drozdy
Unknown
Zuzana Bydžovská
Stázka
Zdeněk Dušek
Unknown
Andrej Rudavský
Unknown
Jiří Císler
Belányi
Jana Dolanská
Hanka
Bára Štěpánová
Hermína
Hugo Kaminský
Unknown
Jana Březinová
Unknown
Štefan Mišovic
Unknown
Katarína Synková
Unknown
Vojtech Várady
Unknown
Václav Šimice
Unknown
Martin Peterich
Unknown
Pavla Severinová
Unknown
Vladimír Kostovič
Unknown
Samuel Adamčík
Orfanides
Jiří Klepl
Unknown
Hana Lančíková
Unknown
Mátyás Dráfi
Unknown
Václav Baur
Unknown
Augustín Kubán
Unknown
František Kovár
Unknown
Viliam Polónyi
Unknown
Ján Mildner
Unknown
Štefan Figura
Unknown
Jaromír Kučera
Unknown
Jana Stehnová
Unknown
Jozef Mokoš
Unknown
Ivan Rumanovský
Unknown
Svatopluk Mohapl
Unknown
Peter Maťo
Unknown
Peter Kočiš
Unknown
Roman Žačka
Unknown
Miroslav Maron
Unknown
Tomáš Horváth
Unknown
Marek Matloch
Unknown
Branislav Uherek
Unknown
Andrej Buday
Unknown
Natália Hasprová
Unknown
Darina Maťašová
Unknown
Michal Dlouhý
Unknown
Jozef Jakubec
Unknown
Daniel Vychopeň
Unknown
Tomáš Zálešák
Unknown
Peter Koza
Unknown
Dušan Šagát
Unknown
Róbert Laurinec
Unknown
Peter Weisman
Unknown
Zdeněk Blažek
Unknown
Jozef Belan
Unknown
Jozef Vaš
Unknown
Július Košírel
Unknown
Jozef Husár
Unknown
Vladimír Zimmer
Unknown
Darina Mauréry
Unknown
Zlatica Gillová
Unknown
Helena Remšíková
Unknown
Gejza Sedlák
Unknown
Kristína Dušeková
Unknown
Matej Čech
Unknown
Jana Oľhová
Unknown
Miluše Šplechtová
Unknown
Jozef Banyák
Unknown
Markéta Čechová
Unknown
Jozef Hamráček
Unknown
Štefan Kožka
Unknown
Vladimír Kittler
Unknown
Hana Gregorová
Julča
Július Mazanec
Unknown
František Gervai
Unknown
Štefan Píšša
Unknown
M. Novotná-Žabková
Unknown
Andrej Vandlík
Unknown
Arnošt Goldflam
Unknown
Viliam Ivanič
Unknown
Angela Jakubisová
Unknown
Anton Januš
Unknown
Peter Lejko
Unknown
Ivan Matulík
Unknown
Ladislav Poštár
Unknown
Ferenc Lengyel
Unknown
Lotár Radványi
Unknown
Ernest Šmigura
Unknown
Anton Živčic
Unknown
Alexander Bada
Unknown
Milan Čech
Unknown
Vlado Černý
murár
Andrej Hryc
Unknown
Ivan Friedl
Unknown
Efrozína Gyermeková
Unknown
Edita Gallová
Unknown
Karel Habart
Unknown
Jiří Kvasnička
Unknown
Emil Horváth st.
Unknown
Daniel Králik
Unknown
Henrietta Kohoutová
Unknown
Bohumil Kostrec
Unknown
Benjamín Michalský
Unknown
František Plevka
Unknown
Teodor Piovarči
Unknown
Radan Rusev
Unknown
Jiří Schmiedt
Unknown
Nicol Zábrodská
Unknown
Janette Jakubisková
Unknown
Oľga Načiniaková
Dancer
Viliam Náčiniak
Dancer
Peter Paťák
Dancer
Sylvia Gonščáková
Dancer
Daniela Matějková
Dancer
Dušan Matejka
Dancer
Ľuboš Plešinger
Dancer
Jana Šinkorová
Dancer
Ľubomír Kluka
Dancer
Libuša Kučerová
Dancer
Mária Horváthová
Dancer
Ján Bábi
Dancer
Margita Karsayová
Dancer
František Katona
Dancer
Agáta Katonová
Dancer
Ladislav Hajdu
Dancer
Ivan Bažalík
Dancer
Ján Kamenický
Dancer
Peter Hasák
Dancer
Ivana Kvačalová
Dancer
Daniela Žáková
Dancer
Jaroslav Chodelka
Dancer
Rudolf Valent
Dancer
Oľga Krajanová
Dancer
Renáta Strelingerová
Dancer
Verona Mihálová
Dancer
Štefánia Zahatlanová
Dancer
Imrich Szokolay
Dancer
Stanislav Starzl
Dancer
Juraj Tonkovič
Dancer
Jozef Kurucz
Dancer
Jozef Zelinka
Dancer
Oleg Latták
Dancer
Rudolf Biháry
Musician
Gustav Mezzei
Musician
Imrich Mezzei
Musician
Mikuláš Mezzei
Musician
Ladislav Vontszemü
Musician
Crew
Zdenka Bočánková
Lead Costumer
Juraj Jakubisko
Director, Screenplay
Magdaléna Fauthová
Script
Peter Jaroš
Screenplay, Novel
Patrik Pašš
Editor
Judita Fatulová
Editor
Stanislav Doršic
Director of Photography
Michal Ruttkay
First Assistant Director
Mikuláš Ricotti ml.
Assistant Director
Jana Uherová
Assistant Director
Zuzana Ricottiová
Production Assistant
Miloš Kalina
Production Design
Ladislav Gažo
Assistant Camera
Petr Dušek
Assistant Camera
Milan Čorba
Costume Design
Anna Hroššová
Makeup Artist
Pavol Sásik
Sound
Petr Hapka
Original Music Composer
Jozef Paštéka
Dialogue
Viliam Paušek
Property Master
Sylvia Masárová
Assistant Production Design
Viliam Čánky
Production Manager
Viliam Richter
Unit Production Manager
Marian Dalkovič
Unit Production Manager
Jozef Hacaj
Unit Production Manager
Mario Klemens
Conductor
