Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
Samuel Spišák
as Martin
Ina Gogálová
as Mrs. Friedmannová
Ondřej Vetchý
as Mr. Friedmann
Marián Slovák
as Rabbi
Vlado Černý
as Doctor Fehér
Ivan Romančík
as Shoemaker Feldman
Roman Luknár
as Commander Vózar
Peter Oszlík
as Vilo
Sergej Sanža
as Cézar
Juraj Sadílek
as Fred Mahler
Ivan Krivosudský
as Old Martin (voice)
Ľubomír Bukový
as Móric