In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
| Directing | František Vláčil | Director |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Art | Jan Oliva | Production Design |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
| Art | Bohumil Nový | Assistant Production Design |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Vladimír Kalina | Creative Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Zapletal | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Nita Romanečová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslav Hruška | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Ulbertová | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Aleš Dospiva | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Tomáš Urban | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Jana Goetzová | Script |
| Writing | Bohumil Říha | Novel |
| Writing | Václav Nývlt | Screenplay |
| Writing | František Vláčil | Screenplay |
| Crew | Oldřich Železný | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | František Uldrich | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Vladimír Smutný | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jiří Pechar | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Petr Hanousek | Set Decoration |
| Art | Antonín Chloupek | Set Decoration |
| Editing | Magda Hájková | Assistant Editor |
| Editing | Helena Lehovcová | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Ladislav Novotný | Production Manager |
| Production | Ctibor Novotný | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jiří Radil | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Jaroslav Bouček | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Hana Hebrová | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Jaromír Komárek | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
