"A story about the conditions in Bohemia in the second half of the nineteenth century, when small-town officials, such as Hrdlička, succumbed to the predators of the emerging large financial and industrial bourgeoisie, represented by Jestřáb."
František Smolík
as Hrdlicka
Jaroslav Marvan
as Jestráb
Vlasta Fabianová
as Hrdlickova
Taťána Vavřincová
as Irena
Vlasta Fialová
as Julca
Jan Pivec
as Romanov
František Kreuzmann
as Zamotal
Josef Bek
as Karel
Jiří Steimar
as Supovsky
Eva Klenová
as Supovska
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as Walewsky
Vladimír Jedenáctík
as Kotowsky
Gabriela Bártlová-Buddeusová
as Marie
Anna Melíšková
as Homemaker
Vladimír Hlavatý
as Tonik Svoboda
Stanislav Remunda
as
Zdeněk Řehoř
as Typist
Jiřina Šejbalová
Josef Bělský
as Manufacturer
Oldřich Musil
as Hotel Receptionist
Světla Svozilová
as Rozina
Karel Hovorka
Gabriel Hart
as Jeweller
Milada Gampeová
as Mother
Emil Dlesk
as Man at Auction
Antonín Soukup
Věra Váchová
Fanda Mrázek
Josef Příhoda
as Pretzel Seller
Vladimír Řepa
Bohumil Machník
as Porter
Stanislav Langer
as Policeman
Anna Pitašová
Alois Dvorský
Manon Chafour
as Dancer
Bedřich Füsseger
Antonín Vilský
Ladislav Mandík
Jiří Srnka
Original Music Composer
Ota Hofman
Screenplay
Jaroslav Řeřicha
Unit Production Manager
Jiřina Lukešová
Editor
Václav Hanuš
Director of Photography
Svatopluk Čech
Short Story
Vladimír Borský
Director
Bohuslav Kulič
Production Design
J. M. Gottlieb
Costume Design
Jiří Mikeťuk
Assistant Director
Jan Janda
Set Decoration
Josef Hanuš
Assistant Camera
Eva Kolářová
Otakar Košťál
Makeup & Hair
Jiří Šebor
Production Manager
Milivoj Uzelac
Conductor
Růžena Adamcová
Costumer
Adolf Böhm
Sound