
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.
Lawyer Frantisek Brych

Irena

Ráz

Mizina

Bartos

Saska

Boris Tajchman

Kamil Tajchman

Kalous

Kalousová

Ria, daughter of the Kalous

Helena

Patera

balance account manager Karel Kazda

officer Štětka

german converter Hans

Lazecký

Landová

clerk Hlaváč

director Oskar Baroch

worker on patrol

worker Adamek

member of the SNB

professor in a hat

secretary Vrzalová

Nazi Herrmann, converter
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Paterová
cleaning woman

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