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The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family with an army tradition and is preparing to enter cadet college. Paul's father and grandfather are workers, and Willi, left to depend on himself, works as a hotel messenger. The last year of the war is hard for everyone, but while Paul and Willi know their own minds and do not hesitate to help the war fugitives Tony and Sepp, for Heinrich everything is more complicated.
Keywords
based on short story
Casts

Erwin Geschonneck
Colonel von Bülow

Günter Naumann
Sepp Erdmann

Vladimír Dlouhý
Tony
Michal Vavruša
Heinrich von Bülow

Petr Voříšek
Paul Meyer
Tomáš Vacek
Willi

Heidemarie Wenzel
Hilda von Bülow

Iva Bittová
Tereza

Wolfgang Greese
Police Chief
Erich Mirek
Grandpa Meyer

Jaromír Joo
Jan Král
Gabriela Najmanová
Král's Wife
Jindřich Joo
Král's Son
Vladimír Navrátil
Jaromír Vaverka
Peter Kalisch
Dieter Knust
Frank Ciazynski
Klaus Tilsner
Gustav
Karel Chromík

Brigitte Beier
Hans-Gotthilf Brown
Klaus Ebeling
Werner Ehrlicher
Harald Engelmann
Ernst Peter Berndt
Arnold Kern
Eberhard Dörner

Holm Henning Freier
Else Sanden
House Keeper
Jürgen Hölzel
Peter Veith
Karl Chalas
Jiří Světlík
Michael Englberger
Detlef Willecke
Nita Romanečová
Wolfgang Eckstein

Wolfgang Bathke
Alois Čuřík
Bedřich Šetena
Policeman (voice)
Vladimír Pospíšil
Officer (voice)

Jindřich Narenta
Voice in Tony's Memory (voice)

Ota Sklenčka
Colonel von Bülow (voice)

Petr Haničinec
Sepp Erdmann (voice)

Michal Pešek
Heinrich von Bülow (voice)
Viola Zinková
Hilda von Bülow (voice)

Jana Šulcová
Tereza (voice)

Luděk Kopřiva
Police Chief (voice)

Josef Větrovec
Grandpa Meyer (voice)
Mirko Musil
Gustav (voice)

Eva Svobodová
House Keeper (voice)
Crews

Jaromil Jireš
Director
Jan Čuřík
Director of Photography
Josef Valušiak
Editor
Marlene Willmann
Production Design
Svatava Sophová
Costume Design
Jiří Světlík
Assistant Director
Luboš Fišer
Original Music Composer
Ota Hofman
Creative Producer
Michael Englberger
First Assistant Director
Ladislav Dvorský
Short Story
František Pavlíček
Screenplay
Inge Heym
Screenplay
Ivan Urban
Dramaturgy
Christel Gräf
Dramaturgy
Bohumír Schwarzer
Assistant Camera
Bohumil Pokorný
Production Design
Jan Oliva
Production Design
Siegfried Stallner
Production Design
Vladimír Ježek
Set Decoration
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Jiří Žák
Set Decoration
Werner Zettler
Set Decoration
Uwe Bornemann
Costumer
František Zapletal
Costumer
Nita Romanečová
Costumer
Karel Marek
Makeup & Hair
Margarete Walther
Makeup & Hair
Růžena Hejsková
Assistant Editor
Jana Šimonová
Assistant Editor
Pavel Jelínek
Sound
Rosemarie Linde
Sound
Zdeněk Oves
Production Manager
Oscar Ludmann
Production Manager
Tomáš Baloun
Assistant Production Manager
Olga Kourová
Clapper Loader
Vladimír Souček
Still Photographer
František Belfín
Conductor
Oldřich Hubáček
Camera Operator
Detlef Willecke
Unit Manager
Jaroslav Vágner
Unit Manager
Karel Prchal
Unit Manager
Werner Fritzsche
Unit Manager
Anna Lackovičová
Script Supervisor
Věra Vláčilová
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