In the final days of the Second World War in 1945 Frantisek Pribyl is killed during a shoot-out with the Germans. After the funeral, the widow (Jana Svandová) and her two young sons Martin and Ondra move to her deceased husband's native village at the foot of the Kralický Snezník mountains. Life in the borderlands is far from easy for the lonely woman. The village is almost deserted, food supplies are delayed; the Werwolf (Nazi guerrilla squads) are hiding in the mountains, and shooting is heard from time to time. The elder son Ondra (Michal Dlouhý) is helping out his mother and at the same time absorbing intense new experiences. He meets an old Czech resident Skurek (Lubomír Kostelka), German women working in the forest, soldiers from the engineering units removing the mines, and a young first lieutenant. At night he dreams about his dead father whom he loved very much. This is why he runs away from home when he finds out that the lieutenant is courting his mother.
Writing | Vladimír Körner | Story |
Directing | Karel Kachyňa | Director |
Editing | Jiří Brožek | Editor |
Camera | Jan Čuřík | Director of Photography |
Crew | Jana Knitlová | Dramaturgy |
Camera | Vladimír Souček | Still Photographer |
Sound | Pavel Jelínek | Sound |
Costume & Make-Up | Svatava Sophová | Costume Designer |
Writing | Ota Hofman | Creative Producer |
Directing | Zeno Dostál | First Assistant Director |
Directing | Stanislava Hutková | Assistant Director |
Crew | Anna Lackovičová | Script |
Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenplay |
Writing | Vladimír Körner | Screenplay |
Camera | Pavel Nečesal | Camera Operator |
Camera | David Remunda | Assistant Camera |
Art | Zbyněk Hloch | Production Design |
Art | Michael Poledník | Assistant Production Design |
Art | Jiří Žák | Set Decoration |
Art | Viktor Gajdoš | Set Decoration |
Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
Costume & Make-Up | Eva Martincová | Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Hana Mesteková | Costumer |
Costume & Make-Up | Jiří Šimon | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Bobo Sobotka | Makeup & Hair |
Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Brijarová | Makeup & Hair |
Editing | Eva Horázná | Assistant Editor |
Sound | Luboš Fišer | Original Music Composer |
Sound | Jiří Bělík | Sound Assistant |
Crew | Boris Masník | Special Effects |
Production | Oldřich Mach | Production Manager |
Production | Jiří Ulrich | Unit Production Manager |
Production | Eva Charvátová | Unit Production Manager |
Production | Vojtěch Panáček | Assistant Production Manager |
Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |