The happenings in a shoe factory serve as a not very thinly veiled examination of the pros and cons of both socialism and democracy.
Social & External
The people behind it
Vítězslav Vejražka
Factory Boss
Vilém Besser
Josef Horák
Eva Kubešová
Marie Dornáková
Zdeněk Řehoř
Manager Antonín
Oldřich Vykypěl
Lojza Andres
Petr Skála
Jakub
Ota Sklenčka
Ort
Marie Vášová
Elsa
Rudolf Hrušínský
Sram
Božena Böhmová
Lojzka Andresová
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