Jana Pracharová - Blonde hostess at picnic
Pavel Bosek - Frantisek
Karel Mares - Karel
Helena Pejsková - Marta
Zdena Skvorecká - Eva
Jiri Němec - Josef
Evald Schorm - Husband of the blonde hostess
Jan Klusák - Rudolf
Ivan Vyskocil - the 'Host'
Josef Skvorecký - a Guest
Directed by
Jan Němec
Screenplay -
Ester Krumbachová and
Jan Němec
Producers -
Jan Procházka and
Erich Svabik
Cinematography -
Jaromir Soför
Production Design and Art Direction -
Oldrich Bosák
Music -
Karel Mares

"An acute piece of historical fore-sight, and a marvellous idea" -
Time Out
"An extraordinary allegory.evocative of Kafka or Dostoevsky"-
International Film Guide
Voted as one of the best films of the 1960's by the
New York Times critics