A dark fable set in an early 1950s Czech village, a time of Soviet-style socialism which saw the implementation of collectivized agriculture and the mass closure of monasteries and convents.
| Directing | Karel Kachyňa | Director |
| Writing | Karel Kachyňa | Screenplay |
| Camera | Josef Illík | Director of Photography |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Art | Ladislav Winkelhöfer | Set Decoration |
| Directing | Milada Mikešová | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Stanislava Hutková | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Jaroslava Čapková | Assistant Director |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Novel |
| Writing | Jan Procházka | Screenplay |
| Crew | Vladimír Kalina | Dramaturgy |
| Crew | Radoslav Selucký | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Josef Pávek | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Leoš Karen | Production Design |
| Art | Přemysl Pražský | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Sadílek | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Broncová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Stanislav Petřek | Makeup & Hair |
| Sound | Jiří Lenoch | Sound |
| Production | Jaroslav Kučera | Production Manager |
| Production | Zdeňka Černá | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Hubert Novotný | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Vít Pešina | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Jan Novák | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Writing | Ladislav Fikar | Creative Producer |
| Production | Bohumil Šmída | Executive Producer |
