"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."
Jana Brejchová
as Jeptiska zvaná Slecna
Mnislav Hofmann
as Picin
Gustáv Valach
as Ambroz
Josef Kemr
as Pastor
Josef Elsner
as Jan Sabatka
Čestmír Řanda
as Alois Skovajs
Jaroslav Moučka
as Vitášek
Josef Větrovec
as Josef Barina
Valerie Kaplanová
as Filipa
Libuše Havelková
as Klára Jedličková
Karel Houska
as Tapa
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as Hajný
Adam Matejka
as Gustav
Anna Kratochvílová
as Anna
Jaroslava Vysloužilová
as Barinová
Petr Svojtka
as Karel
Jiří Klem
as
Eva Foustková
Josefa Pechlátová
Marie Mašková
Luisa Kollingerová
Josef Koza
Antonín Novotný
Ladislav Kazda
Lubomíra Willigová
Jan Kraus
Magdaléna Holendrová
Vladimír Očenášek
Simona Uhlířová
Eva Dyková
Ladislav Gzela
Pavel Handl
Miloš Vávra
Vl. Pokorný
Jozef Sodoma
Jindra Rathová
Josef Abrhám
as Karel (voice)
Karel Kachyňa
Screenplay
Josef Illík
Director of Photography
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Set Decoration
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Milada Mikešová
First Assistant Director
Marie Broncová
Costumer
Jan Procházka
Jan Novák
Original Music Composer
Přemysl Pražský
Bohumil Šmída
Executive Producer
Stanislava Hutková
Assistant Director
Leoš Karen
Production Design
Hubert Novotný
Unit Production Manager
Jaroslava Čapková
Radoslav Selucký
Dramaturgy
František Sadílek
Stanislav Petřek
Makeup & Hair
Vladimír Kalina
Jaroslav Kučera
Production Manager
Ladislav Fikar
Creative Producer
Vít Pešina
Assistant Production Manager
Josef Pávek
Assistant Camera
Zdeňka Černá
Novel
Jiří Lenoch
Sound
František Belfín
Conductor
Director