Ryba, the owner of a boat rental shop and ferryman, has lived his entire life in a house by the river, which often becomes fatal for swimmers and suicides. However, because Ryba saves many drowning people, he becomes a very popular figure in the entire region.
Vlasta Burian
as František Ryba
Marie Štrosová-Steinerová
as Anči, Rybova dcera
Vítězslav Vejražka
as Ing. František Pánek
Jaroslav Marvan
as Jaroslav Horánek, starosta
Zdeňka Baldová
as starostova žena
Dagmar Lehovcová
as starostova dcera Pepička
Václav Trégl
as penzista Tichý
Josef Gruss
as
Helena Bušová
as hostinská Boženka
Rudolf Deyl
as profesor
František Filipovský
as Rypáček
Vladimír Řepa
as Hoblík