Artist Bedřich Mára (Bolek Polivka) is unable to find much secure work due to his public antagonism toward the ruling Communist Party. He has a wife and two children. Life begins to change when art historian Alois Fábera (Jiři Pecha) begins working on a piece about Bedřich, leading to a job offer from a Party official. Things are looking up, until the wrong people hear portions of the historian's writing.
| Directing | Jan Hřebejk | Director |
| Writing | Petr Jarchovský | Screenplay |
| Writing | Petr Šabach | Story |
| Camera | Jan Malíř | Director of Photography |