In post-WWII Communist Czechoslovakia, several characters considered bourgeois are sentenced to work in a junkyard for rehabilitation. Among them is a young man who pines for a female convict.
| Directing | Jiří Menzel | Director |
| Editing | Jiřina Lukešová | Editor |
| Writing | Jiří Menzel | Screenplay |
| Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
| Sound | Jiří Šust | Original Music Composer |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Short Story |
| Directing | Miloš Kohout | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Josef Sandr | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Marie Zahradníková | Script |
| Writing | Bohumil Hrabal | Screenplay |
| Crew | Václav Nývlt | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Petr Čech | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jiří Kučera | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Oldřich Bosák | Production Design |
| Art | Bohumil Nový | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Vladimír Mácha | Set Decoration |
| Art | Rudolf Beneš | Set Decoration |
| Art | Václav Kozel | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dagmar Krausová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | M. Dostálová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josef Lojík | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Džbánková | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Nevařil | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Pavlík | Sound |
| Production | Karel Kochman | Production Manager |
| Production | Karel Škop | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jaroslav Koucký | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Taťána Bargárová | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Josef Janoušek | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Writing | Pavel Juráček | Creative Producer |
| Production | Jaroslav Kučera | Executive Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Dana Poláková | Costumer |
