Wandering through the forest, a woodcutter finds a golden fern whose seed turns into a beautiful woman - they fall in love. After getting drunk in a village feast, he gets to sign up to the army. The fairy gives him a shirt to wear and asks him to swear he will never abandon it. At the war front, he falls in love with the the colonel's daughter and will have to perform various feats to get her attention.
| Writing | Jan Drda | Original Story |
| Directing | Jiří Weiss | Director |
| Writing | Jiří Weiss | Screenplay |
| Writing | Otomar Krejča | Screenplay |
| Directing | Věra Ženíšková | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Miloš Kohout | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Zdena Švarcová | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Bedřich Baťka | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Rudolf Holan | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Karel Škvor | Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Haller | Set Decoration |
| Art | Libor Speychal | Set Decoration |
| Art | Václav Štědronský | Set Decoration |
| Art | František Zajíček | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karel Postřehovský | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Ladislav Tomek | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Blažena Ševčíková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Karel Marek | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Josef Lojík | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Alena Lojíková | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Antonín Zelenka | Editor |
| Sound | Emil Poledník | Sound |
| Production | František Milič | Production Manager |
| Production | Václav Havlík | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Karel Kovář | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Jiří Srnka | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Crew | František Halmazňa | Choreographer |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Creative Producer |
| Production | Erich Švabík | Executive Producer |
