During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
| Directing | Jiří Krejčík | Director |
| Camera | Jaroslav Tuzar | Camera Operator |
| Writing | Jan Drda | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jiří Krejčík | Screenplay |
| Art | Karel Škvor | Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Erna Veselá | Costume Design |
| Sound | Jiří Pavlík | Sound |
| Directing | Věra Ženíšková | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Miroslav Kubišta | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jan Drda | Short Story |
| Camera | František Valert | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Ivan Šlapeta | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Václav Štědronský | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ladislav Tomek | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Slávka Tišnovská | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Otakar Košťál | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Milan Novák | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Libuše Švejdová | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Josef Dobřichovský | Editor |
| Production | František Milič | Production Manager |
| Production | Věra Kadlecová | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Production | Jaromír Ptáček | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Miloš Brož | Creative Producer |
