In 1866, as Austria faces war with Prussia, 19-year-old Ludvík Machl joins a secret Czech resistance group. When he is caught with stolen funds and a weapon, the police commissioner spares him from prison on the condition that he work as an informant. Trapped by fear and betrayal, Ludvík is forced down a path that leads inexorably toward his own destruction.
Cast
Olaf Lubaszenko
Ludvík Machl
Petr Čepek
Capt. Truxa
Wiktor Zborowski
Capt. Truxa (voice)
Anna Majcher
Kitty
Michał Pawlicki
Count Rożyński
Adam Ferency
Roman Zalewski
Jiří Kodet
Commissioner Lottes
Jerzy Kryszak
Commissioner Lottes (voice)
Sabina Laurinová
Lotka
Joanna Trzepiecińska
Lotka (voice)
Jan Přeučil
Melc
František Staněk
Albín Böhm
Daniel Landa
Klement Kubr
Miriam Kantorková
Hroudová
Marta Richterová
Andula
Jiří Němeček
Kleibl
Oldřich Velen
Police Councillor
Ivo Niederle
Stationmaster
Václav Bouška
Unknown
Václav Kotva
Unknown
Jan Kraus
Unknown
Viktor Nejedlý
Unknown
Karel Sekera
Unknown
Zdeněk Srstka
Rotler
Pavel Grégr
Unknown
Miloš Haken
Horseman
Piotr Pawłowski
Prussian General
Borys Marynowski
Prussian Heir Apparent
Leszek Teleszyński
Prussian Heir Apparent (voice)
Bolesław Abart
Prussian General
Eugeniusz Kujawski
Prussian General
Anna Garwolińska
Unknown
Andrzej Mrozek
Unknown
Andrzej Bielski
Unknown
Jan Blecki
Unknown
Marek Idziński
Unknown
Mieczysław Janowski
Unknown
Andrzej Kowalik
Unknown
Blanka Blahníková
Ludvík's Mother
Lubomír Kostelka
Unknown
Hana Militká
Unknown
Luděk Žilka
Unknown
Jiří Krytinář
Dwarf
František Michálek
Unknown
J. Trnka
Unknown
Oldřich Hrůza
Unknown
Petr Záruba
Unknown
Václav Fugner
Musician
Stanislav Halbich
Musician
František Hradil
Musician
Jaroslav Hrdina
Musician
František Maximovič
Musician
Ctibor Mestek
Musician
Karel Sommer
Musician
Václav Šimek
Musician
M. Urban
Musician
Slavomil Vrzal
Musician
Marek Bargiełowski
Inspector (voice)
Marek Kondrat
Narrator (voice)
Aleksander Gawroński
(voice)
Stanisław Gawlik
Councilman (voice)
Teresa Lipowska
Ludwik's Housekeeper (voice)
Jan Mateusz Nowakowski
(voice)
Stanisław Biczysko
(voice)
Crew
Martin Bezouška
Dramaturgy
Richard Staněk
Interior Designer
Jerzy Sajko
Interior Designer
Janusz Majewski
Director, Dialogue
Vladimír Körner
Screenplay
Elżbieta Kurkowska
Editor
Jan Graboś
Assistant Editor
Richard Valenta
Director of Photography
Paweł Maria Dolewski
First Assistant Director
Aleš Dospiva
First Assistant Director
Renata Jederová
Second Assistant Director
Witold Czarnowski
Production Assistant
Jolanta Czyżewska
Production Assistant
Zofia Bancerska
Production Assistant
Adolf Hickl
Production Assistant
Barbara Chmielewska
Production Assistant
Miloš Červinka
Production Design
Tadeusz Kosarewicz
Production Design
Karel Hejsek
Camera Operator
Jiří Zavřel
Assistant Camera
Bronisław Stasiowski
Assistant Camera
Jan Kropáček
Costume Design
Jana Ledecká
Costumer
Zuzana Moučková
Costumer
Marie Sejková
Costumer
Katarzyna Gajewska
Costumer
Jana Hoffmannová
Makeup & Hair
Pavla Weinrichová
Makeup & Hair
Olga Wiśniowska
Makeup & Hair
Zdeněk Klika
Makeup Artist
Bogusław Nowak
Sound Effects
Jiří Kříž
Sound
Stanisław Piotrowski
Sound
Jerzy Matuszkiewicz
Original Music Composer, Musician
Małgorzata Przedpełska-Bieniek
Music Consultant
Zbigniew Zbrowski
Music Consultant
Jerzy Radziwoń
Set Decoration
Milan Šveňha
Set Decoration
Adam Filippoto
Props
Rudolf Beneš
Props
Zdeněk Jeřábek
Props
Stanisław Korytkowski
Props
Aleš Liška
Props
Roman Vácha
Still Photographer
Jana Goetzová
Script Supervisor
Pavlína Křepelková
Clapper Loader
Zdeněk Maur
Assistant Production Design
Miroslav Dousek
Production Manager
Zygmunt Król
Production Manager
Irena Koucká
Unit Production Manager
Lidia Gibas
Unit Production Manager
Bożena Dąbrowska
Unit Production Manager
Rudolf Mos
Unit Production Manager
Josef Císař
Creative Producer
Petr Stříška
Conductor