The Czech revival movement is divided at the end of the first half of the 19th century. While the older generation, such as František Palacký, urges restraint, students lean towards radical positions. A report on the revolutionary events in Paris prompts Czech Prague residents to write down the demands of the Czech nation for self-determination and the proclamation of a constitution. Tensions peak during the All-Slavic Congress in Prague's Žofín. Vienna rejects the Czech demands and the congress is brutally dispersed by the Austrian police. Prague begins to build barricades...
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Vladimír Ráž
Josef Václav Fric, student
Václav Voska
Karel Sabina, spisovatel
Josef Bek
Karel Havlícek Borovský, spisovatel
Zdeněk Štěpánek
historik František Palacký
František Smolík
Josef Frantisek Fric
Helena Friedlová
Josefova matka
Vlasta Fabianová
Bozena Nemcová, spisovatelka
Zdeněk Dítě
Mikovec
Soběslav Sejk
Nosek
Jaroslav Mareš
Majzner
Jiří Plachý
politik František August Brauner
Vítězslav Boček
Pravoslav Trojan
Saša Rašilov
klenotník Franz Houska
Zdeňka Baldová
Houskova žena
Věra Petáková
Lény, dcera Houskových
Václav Krška
Director
Otakar Vávra
Screenplay
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
Screenplay
Otakar Vávra
Story
Karel Josef Beneš
Story
Miloš Václav Kratochvíl
Story
Jan Stallich
Director of Photography
František Škvor
Original Music Composer
Jan Kohout
Editor
J. M. Gottlieb
Costume Design
Fernand Vácha
Costume Design
Jan Zázvorka
Production Design
