When a noted professor receives a new treatment for his heart ailment, his outlook on life changes. Despite doctor's orders, he is determined to live out his final days on his own terms and fulfill his fantasies. He saves the life of a young woman who tries to kill herself after his recovery from heart surgery in this symbolic story of a man trying to determine his own fate in his last days alive.
| Directing | Karel Kachyňa | Director |
| Directing | Milada Mikešová | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Karel Brchel | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jaroslava Čapková | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Story |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenplay |
| Camera | Josef Pávek | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Karel Hejsek | Camera Operator |
| Art | Oldřich Okáč | Production Design |
| Art | Čestmír Diviš | Set Decoration |
| Art | Vladimír Ježek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Irena Greifová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagmar Krausová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Dostálová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stanislav Petřek | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rudolf Buneš | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Anna Volšičková | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Lenoch | Sound |
| Production | Karel Vejřík | Production Manager |
| Production | Rudolf Mos | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Ladislav Dražan | Unit Production Manager |
| Art | Antonín Šimral | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Creative Producer |
| Production | Erich Švabík | Executive Producer |