In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
Cast
Rudolf Hrušínský
Trustee
Václav Neckář
Pavel Hvezdár
Jitka Zelenohorská
Jitka
Vlastimil Brodský
Professor
Vladimír Ptáček
Mlíkar
Ferdinand Krůta
Kudla
František Řehák
Drobecek
Leoš Suchařípa
Public Prosecutor
Eugen Jegorov
Saxophonist
Naďa Urbánková
Lenka
Věra Křesadlová
Convict
Jaroslav Satoranský
Guard Andel
Jiřina Štěpničková
Pavel's Mother
Karel Mareš
Unknown
Ladislav Šimek
Unknown
Otakar Brousek
Unknown
Míla Myslíková
Unknown
Věra Ferbasová
Convict
Vladimír Šmeral
Minister
Jiřina Třebická
Drobečková
Stella Zázvorková
Unknown
Tereza Bariová
Unknown
Věra Galatíková
Unknown
Vlasta Jelínková
Unknown
Zora Jiráková
Unknown
Gustav Oplustil
Unknown
Miloš Kohout
Unknown
Zdeněk Svěrák
Unknown
Eva Blažková
Convict
Zdena Burdová
Unknown
Eva Rubínová
Unknown
Jiří Menzel
Convict
Bořivoj Fiala
Unknown
Oldřich Janovský
Unknown
Karel Hovorka
Unknown
Bohumil Koška
Unknown
Miroslav Saic
Unknown
Alois Vachek
Unknown
Miloslav Balcar
Unknown
Alena Frimlová
Unknown
Hana Talpová
Unknown
Jan Teplý
Unknown
Jindřiška Gabriela Preissová
Unknown
Rudolf Kalina
Unknown
Jiří Kasík
Unknown
Vladimír Hrabánek
Unknown
Antonín Gondolán
Unknown
František Gondolán
Unknown
Jiří Gondolán
Unknown
Vojtěch Gondolán
Unknown
Ondřej Gondolán
Unknown
Rudolf Pešta
Unknown
Antonín Samler
Unknown
Jan Vala
Unknown
Jarmila Gybasová
Unknown
Eva Vejlová
Unknown
Helena Velenovská
Unknown
Jitka Molavcová
Unknown
Marie Benetková
Unknown
Ivana Horká
Unknown
Eva Podzimková
Unknown
H. Cermanová
Unknown
H. Ruprichová
Unknown
J. Šprachtová
Unknown
Crew
Václav Nývlt
Dramaturgy
Jiří Menzel
Director, Screenplay
Bohumil Hrabal
Screenplay, Short Story
Jiřina Lukešová
Editor
Eva Horázná
Assistant Editor
Jaromír Šofr
Director of Photography
Miloš Kohout
First Assistant Director
Josef Sandr
Assistant Director
Jaroslav Kučera
Executive Producer
Oldřich Bosák
Production Design
Petr Čech
Camera Operator
Jiří Kučera
Assistant Camera
M. Dostálová
Costumer
Dagmar Krausová
Costumer
Dana Poláková
Costumer
Josef Lojík
Makeup & Hair
Marie Džbánková
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Nevařil
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Pavlík
Sound
Jiří Šust
Original Music Composer
Václav Kozel
Set Decoration
Rudolf Beneš
Set Decoration
Vladimír Mácha
Set Decoration
Josef Janoušek
Still Photographer
Marie Zahradníková
Script Supervisor
Bohumil Nový
Assistant Production Design
Karel Kochman
Production Manager
Pavel Juráček
Creative Producer
Taťána Bargárová
Assistant Production Manager
Jaroslav Koucký
Unit Manager
Karel Škop
Unit Manager
Štěpán Koníček
Conductor
