Oldrich is the runt of his village, beaten by his father, bullied by the other boys. But he has imagination on his side, and a wiry toughness they can’t defeat. The village is in turmoil, because the Nazi occupiers have just retreated and the Red Army is advancing. Oldrich dodges amid the mayhem and panic, taking his share of blows but always managing to stay one step ahead. Beautifully shot and darkly ironic, Karel Kachyna’s forgotten masterpiece jumbles reality, memory and fantasy to capture the intensity and confusion of childhood in a war zone.
| Directing | Karel Kachyňa | Director |
| Directing | Milada Mikešová | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Lubomír Břinčil | Assistant Director |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Camera | Jaromír Šofr | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jiří Pospíšil | Assistant Camera |
| Camera | Jiří Macák | Assistant Camera |
| Sound | Jiří Lenoch | Sound |
| Directing | František Sádek | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zdena Kracíková | Assistant Director |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jiří Žůček | Set Decoration |
| Production | Erik Hubáček | Production Manager |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Rudolf Buneš | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ester Krumbachová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Věra Kubíková | Costumer |
| Production | Vladimír Vojta | Production Manager |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Olga Dimitrovová | Costume Design |
| Production | Vladimír Tišer | Assistant Production Manager |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Story |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlastimil Hasala | Costumer |
| Production | Ctibor Jeřábek | Assistant Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stanislav Petřek | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Hejdánková | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Jiří Macháně | Camera Operator |
| Production | Jaromír Kallista | Assistant Production Manager |
| Production | Karel Vejřík | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Artur Stacha | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Jan Novák | Original Music Composer |
| Art | Leoš Karen | Production Design |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Creative Producer |
| Production | Erich Švabík | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Ladislav Fikar | Creative Producer |
| Production | Bohumil Šmída | Executive Producer |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Screenplay |
| Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenplay |
