The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local poorhouse and has to go out begging. Her guardian Petr Tumlíř, however, sees that she is competent enough to go to school.
Zdenka Sulanová
as Líza
Rolf Wanka
as Dr. Petr Tumlíř
Zita Kabátová
as učitelka Karla Sýkorová
Jiří Plachý
as Sýkora
Růžena Šlemrová
as Sýkorová
Bedřich Vrbský
as Dr. Nečas
Bedřich Veverka
as Dr. Leiner
Karel Černý
as starosta Rejlek
Ella Nollová
as starostova žena
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Jarka, syn Rejlkových
Jaroslav Marvan
as Brdlička
Betty Kysilková
as Brdličková
