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A small Czech town in the 1860s. The townspeople once made a fortune from the proceeds of gold mines that are now flooded. However, they do not want to invest in draining them, as they are convinced that it is not worth it. However, the cessation of mining has plunged the miners' family into poverty. After vain requests for help in the town and the governor's office, the miners decide to take action themselves...
Jindřich Plachta
Ella Nollová
Jan Pivec
Theodor Pištěk
Jaroslav Marvan
Jiří Plachý
Gustav Hilmar
Marie Blažková
Svatopluk Beneš
R. A. Strejka
Bedřich Vrbský
Marie Rosůlková
Dana Medřická
František Filipovský
Vladimír Leraus
Miloš Nedbal
Miroslav Homola
Jaroslav Vojta
Jaromír Spal
Milka Balek-Brodská
Otto Rubík
Vladimír Šmeral
Emil Bolek
Alois Dvorský
Bolek Prchal
Jaroslav Seník
Bohuš Hradil
Oleg Reif
František Paul
Jan W. Speerger
Ota Motyčka
Václav Trégl
Vilém Pfeiffer
Marie Nademlejnská
Eduard Dubský