Directed by:
František ČápScreenplay:
Bohumil ŠtěpánekCinematography:
Jan StallichComposer:
Julius KalašCast:
Gustav Nezval, Ladislav Herbert Struna, Jaroslav Zrotal, Vladimír Hlavatý, Jan W. Speerger, Jaroslav Seník, Ladislav Hájek, Karel Peyr, Jiřina Petrovická (more)Plots(1)
Awarded at the first year of the Cannes festival, this film tells a story of airport mechanics who are also anti-Nazi resistance fighters. A hasty decision of one of them has fatal consequences for most of the people in this intimate drama that improved the image of director František Čáp after the war. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Gustav Nezval](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274552_50abc7.jpg)
Gustav Nezval
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Lakomec (1972) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
![Ladislav Herbert Struna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274560_cf17a6.jpg)
Ladislav Herbert Struna
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
The Sins of Love (1929)
![Jaroslav Zrotal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274498_ca2e39.jpg)
Jaroslav Zrotal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Alena (1947)
![Vladimír Hlavatý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268707_be7f28.jpg)
Vladimír Hlavatý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
![Jan W. Speerger](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274842_faf9d2.jpg)
Jan W. Speerger
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The Lumberjack (1922)
![Jaroslav Seník](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274264_40e002.jpg)
Jaroslav Seník
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
The Proud Princess (1952)
Distant Journey (1948)
![Ladislav Hájek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/471/166471328_219ac1.jpg)
Ladislav Hájek
Best movies:
Beauty and the Beast (1978)
Silent Barricade (1949)
Men Without Wings (1946)
![Karel Peyr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274482_c053b8.jpg)
Karel Peyr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Dissolved and Effused (1984)
![Jiřina Petrovická](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275097_9a7d05.jpg)
Jiřina Petrovická
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
Krakatit (1948)
Zadržitelný vzestup Arthura Uie (1979) (theatrical recording)
![Eduard Linkers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273688_3844b8.jpg)
Eduard Linkers
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Steppenwolf (1974)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![Pavla Vrbenská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275894_ffaebe.jpg)
Pavla Vrbenská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Saturday (1944)
Men Without Wings (1946)
Jarní píseň (1944)
![Marie Nademlejnská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/559/164559075_4de034.jpg)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Alois Dvorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274298_87bdcf.jpg)
Alois Dvorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
![Ferdinand Jarkovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275604_b8b223.jpg)
Ferdinand Jarkovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
![František Marek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274549_a4b4a2.jpg)
František Marek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
Jiří Hurta
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Jan Hus (1954)
Jan Žižka (1955)
![Darja Hajská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268529_c4b319.jpg)
Darja Hajská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
Men About Town (1969)
Station Master (1941)
![Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/741/158741734_ba5d59.jpg)
Slávka Doležalová-Kulhavá
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Zlaté dno (1942)
Svatba s podmínkou (1965)
Pán a sluha (1938)
![George Pravda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276264_8caadb.jpg)
George Pravda
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Password is Courage (1962)
Holocaust (1978) (series)
The Silent One (1973)
![František Miška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275637_2652e3.jpg)
František Miška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
When the Woman Butts In (1959)
That Kind of Love (1959)