The elder son of the farmer Marunáč dies of a work accident. His wife and younger brother fall in love and try to break free from their despotic father.
Zdeněk Štěpánek
farmer Václav Marunác
Josef Bek
Václav, Marunác's eldest son
Eva Kubešová
Hedvika, wife of Václav Marunáca Jr.
Jan Sedliský
Jakub, Marunác's younger son
Josef Hlinomaz
Blacksmith
Rudolf Deyl
Kosil, farm lawyer