"This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The young son of a horse trainer loves nothing more than riding his horse, until he is stricken by polio…"
Vladimír Dlouhý
as Adam
Zdena Hadrbolcová
as matka
Karel Hlušička
as otec
Vladimír Šmeral
as Ambrož
Darja Hajská
as Turečková
Josef Karlík
as stájník
Bořivoj Navrátil
as doktor
Jaroslav Satoranský
as Martin
Michal Dlouhý
as Adam (mladší) (uncredited)
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as opilec
Oldřich Musil
Božena Böhmová
as vrchní sestra
Jana Švandová
as sestra
Karel Vlček
as farář
Zdeněk Jarolímek
as
Ladislav Křiváček
as pacient
Bohuslav Čáp
as Odpustek
Milena Steinmasslová
Věra Machová
Dušan Urgošík
Aleš Plhoň
Libuše Komancová
Adolf Minský
Miroslav Koudelka
Jan Herodes
Robert de Castello
Miloš Filipovský
Valentýn Rukavička
Martin Lácha
Olga Karásková
Bohuslav Kalva
Karel Kmoch
František Suchomel
Milada Mikešová
First Assistant Director
Jan Procházka
Screenplay
Karel Kachyňa
Josef Illík
Director of Photography
Adolf Hejzlar
Camera Operator
Jiří Ondráček
Assistant Camera
Oldřich Okáč
Production Design
Ester Krumbachová
Art Direction
Vladimír Ježek
Set Decoration
Jiří Žebrakovský
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Costume Design
Ludmila Kaválková
Costumer
Jaroslava Váňová
Stanislav Petřek
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Nevařil
Anna Volšičková
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Jiří Lenoch
Sound
Karel Vejřík
Production Manager
Zdena Sirotková
Unit Production Manager
Rudolf Mos
Tomáš Tintěra
Assistant Production Manager
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
František Belfín
Conductor
Ota Hofman
Creative Producer
Erich Švabík
Executive Producer
Director
Jaroslava Čapková
Script
Dagmar Ševčíková
Clapper Loader
Alan Marshall
Novel