In this character study by Czech director Frantisek Vlacil, a stout middle-aged physician whose marriage has come apart establishes a practice in a small town. Gradually he's drawn into the lives of his patients—a childless couple, a pregnant girl with a stern mother, the son of a duck farmer—and each relationship reveals a bit more about him and the idyllic but insular community.
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Dr. Meluzin
Věra Galatíková
as učitelka Pavla Kodetová
Alois Švehlík
as Kodet
Jana Dítětová
as Šimonová
Marie Logojdová
as Markéta
Nina Popelíková
as Markétina matka
Josef Somr
as Vlach
Jaroslava Obermaierová
as Vlachová
Václav Lohniský
as hrobník Jaroš
Jan Faltýnek
as Karel
Vítězslav Jandák
as Ota
Věra Tichánková
as Pùlpánová
