Marta Dekasová works as a governess in a garrison town. The beautiful girl is the center of attention of many men, but she only desires Lieutenant Varga, who is married and rejects her. Desperate, Marta throws herself into the arms of the most intrusive of her suitors, and is then dismissed in disgrace. She goes to Prague to live with her friend Kiki, becomes a bar singer, and continues her journey down the sloping surface. Hope for a new life dawns on her when a young student falls in love with her, but just then Varga appears in the bar and rekindles her unquenched feelings...
Hana Vítová
as Marta Dekasová
Svatopluk Beneš
as Rudolf Kala
Gustav Nezval
as Varga
Marie Glázrová
as Helena Vargová
Adina Mandlová
as Anča alias Kiki
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Michal Lary
Jaroslav Marvan
as Martin zamestnavatel
Elena Hálková
as Milostivá paní
Renée Lavecká
as Mášenka
Marie Blažková
as
Eduard Kohout
as Leopold
Anna Steimarová
as
