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In the aftermath of World War II, a soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family and falls in love with the daughter, now a maid. Their relationship forces him to confront the tension between his love and his conscience.
Keywords
based on novel or book
locomotive
czechoslovakia
comeback
forest
german occupation
post war
military
old mansion
demographic movements
inscribed cross
minefields
choral music
Casts

Petr Čepek
Viktor Chotovický

Emma Černá
Adelheid Heidenmannová

Jan Vostrčil
Sergeant Hejna

Pavel Landovský
Guardsman Jindra
Jana Krupičková
Girl
Lubomír Tlalka
Guardsman Karel
Miloš Willig

Karel Hábl
Guardian
Zdeněk Mátl
Hansgeorg Heidenmann
Alžběta Frejková
Josef Němeček
Karel Bělohradský
Vlasta Petříková

Jindřich Narenta
German in the Field (voice)

Josef Somr
Guardsman Karel (voice)

Oto Ševčík
Hansgeorg Heidenmann (voice)
Crews

František Vláčil
Director
Aleš Dospiva
First Assistant Director
Milena Kropáčková
Assistant Director
Vladimír Körner
Novel
Vladimír Körner
Screenplay

František Vláčil
Screenplay
Antonín Máša
Dramaturgy
Jiří Macák
Camera Operator
Vladimír Murat
Assistant Camera
Jaromír Švarc
Assistant Production Design
Jiří Cvrček
Set Decoration
Jaromír Dědek
Set Decoration
Oldřich Halaza
Set Decoration
Eva Martincová
Costumer
Jaroslava Váňová
Costumer
Jiří Hurych
Makeup & Hair
Miloš Bobek
Makeup & Hair
Jiřina Pahlerová
Makeup & Hair
Velemína Binterová
Assistant Editor
Věra Kadlecová
Production Manager
Vladimír Tišer
Assistant Production Manager
Jan Kuděla
Still Photographer
František Belfín
Conductor
Zdeněk Liška
Music Arranger
Bedřich Kubala
Creative Producer
Ladislav Novotný
Executive Producer
František Uldrich
Director of Photography
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
Johann Strauss
Music

Johann Sebastian Bach
Music
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Jindřich Goetz
Production Design
František Fabián
Sound

Theodor Pištěk
Costume Design
Miroslav Dousek
Unit Manager
Václav Havlík
Unit Manager
Eva Kubesová
Script Supervisor
Backdrops & Posters

