Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.
František Vláčil | Director |
Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
Vladislav Vančura | Novel |
Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
Jaroslav Vožniak | Art Designer |
Jiří Všetečka | Still Photographer |
D. Maxová | Assistant Production Design |
Miloslav Hotový | Art Designer |
Libuše Barlová | Makeup & Hair |
František Pavlíček | Screenplay |