
Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter to find the father she has never met. The happiness of their initial meeting gives way to the daughter’s disappointment and concern over the hardworking man’s alcoholism.

Ilona Svobodová
Vladka

Josef Vinklář
Jan Veselý
Ferdinand Krůta
Old Man

Karel Heřmánek
Petr

Miriam Kantorková
Innkeeper
Josef Žluťák Hrubý
Tonek

Jan Hrušínský
Martin
Karel Brožek
Water bailiff

Renáta Doleželová
Mrs. Blanka
Miluše Zoubková
Mother

Miloslav Homola

Marie Horáková
Vilemína Nejedlová-Skokanová
Blažena Slavíčková

Jaroslava Tichá