In 1900, Stepha, the vivacious 30 year old daughter of a wealthy couple, agrees to marry her cousin Paul, who has accumulated large debts as an Austrian army officer. Paul refuses to work or to consummate the marriage, and then his health steadily declines.
Iva Janžurová
as Štěpa Kiliánová
Petr Čepek
as Pavel
Marie Rosůlková
as Mother
Ota Sklenčka
as Father
Vladimír Jedenáctík
as Malina
Karel Chromík
as Vetter Jan
Jana Plichtová
as Manka
Karel Černoch
as Synáček
Josef Laufer
as
Stanislav Remunda
as Groman
Jan Schánilec
as
Josef Červinka
as dr. Hilmar