"A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents."
Jana Brejchová
as Jeptiska zvaná Slecna
Mnislav Hofmann
as Picin
Gustáv Valach
as Ambroz
Josef Kemr
as Pastor
Josef Elsner
as Jan Sabatka
Čestmír Řanda
as Alois Skovajs
Jaroslav Moučka
as Vitášek
Josef Větrovec
as Josef Barina
Valerie Kaplanová
as Filipa
Libuše Havelková
as Klára Jedličková
Karel Houska
as Tapa
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as Hajný
Adam Matejka
as Gustav
Anna Kratochvílová
as Anna
Jaroslava Vysloužilová
as Barinová
Petr Svojtka
as Karel
Jiří Klem
as
Eva Foustková
Josefa Pechlátová
Marie Mašková
Luisa Kollingerová
Josef Koza
Antonín Novotný
Ladislav Kazda
Lubomíra Willigová
Jan Kraus
Magdaléna Holendrová
Vladimír Očenášek
Simona Uhlířová
Eva Dyková
Ladislav Gzela
Pavel Handl
Miloš Vávra
Vl. Pokorný
Jozef Sodoma
Jindra Rathová
Josef Abrhám
as Karel (voice)
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Josef Illík
Director of Photography
Karel Kachyňa
Screenplay
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Marie Broncová
Costumer
Jiří Lenoch
Sound
Stanislava Hutková
Assistant Director
Jan Procházka
Josef Pávek
Assistant Camera
Zdeňka Černá
Unit Production Manager
Jan Novák
Original Music Composer
Vít Pešina
Assistant Production Manager
Jaroslava Čapková
Novel
Vladimír Kalina
Dramaturgy
František Belfín
Conductor
Milada Mikešová
First Assistant Director
Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
František Sadílek
Jaroslav Kučera
Production Manager
Hubert Novotný
Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer
Leoš Karen
Production Design
Přemysl Pražský
Radoslav Selucký
Stanislav Petřek
Makeup & Hair
Director