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František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his former love Irena, unhappily married to factory owner Ondřej Ráž, seeks his understanding. When he helps plan an escape over the Šumava border, the group’s panic and violence lead to murder, prompting Brych to abandon the scheme and return home with Irena.
Karel Höger
Lawyer Frantisek Brych
Vlasta Fialová
Irena
Otomar Krejča
Ráz
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Mizina
Jaroslav Průcha
Bartos
Jan Pivec
Saska
Vladimír Ráž
Boris Tajchman
Miloš Kopecký
Kamil Tajchman
Bohuš Záhorský
Kalous
Jiřina Šejbalová
Kalousová
Blanka Bohdanová
Ria, daughter of the Kalous
Valentina Thielová
Helena
Josef Bek
Patera
Eduard Kohout
balance account manager Karel Kazda
Josef Kemr
officer Štětka
Hans Hardt-Hardtloff
german converter Hans
Martin Růžek
Lazecký
Jarmila Smejkalová
Landová
Jiří Sovák
clerk Hlaváč
Walter Taub
director Oskar Baroch
Luděk Munzar
worker on patrol
Vilém Besser
worker Adamek
Miloš Vavruška
member of the SNB
Bohuš Hradil
professor in a hat
Karolina Slunéčková
secretary Vrzalová
Marie Nademlejnská
cleaning woman