Overview
A morally questionable lord comes to the aid of a working class man who is to be executed for speaking out about thieving rich scoundrels sticking it to the poor.
Director and cast
- Otakar Vávra Director
- Zdeněk Štěpánek as Mikulas Dacicky of Heslov
- Ladislav Pešek as Ocko
- Václav Vydra as Wilhelm z Vřesovic
- Helena Friedlová as Ludmilla
- František Smolík as Alderman Triska
- Jiřina Šejbalová as Sofia Triska
- Theodor Pištěk as Squire Vodnansky
- Antonie Nedošinská as Vodnansky's Wife
- Elena Hálková as Eva
- Gustav Hilmar Cast
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