It is 1955 and the government in Czechoslovakia has declared an amnesty for post-war emigrants. Many of them returned to their families, only young Pavel Kocián's single mother waits in vain for him. Despite her protests, Tomáš Stach, an assembler, is accommodated in her flat as a lodger. Until recently, his fiancée Jana was also waiting for Pavel's return, but she has given up hope and visits Mrs Kocián only out of pity. One evening, an unknown man who introduces himself as Jonáš and claims to know Pavel visits her.
Marie Vášová
as Anna Kociánová
Luděk Munzar
as fitter Tomás Stach
Jana Brejchová
as Teacher Jana Vávrová
Jiří Pleskot
as mason Janík
Jiřina Bohdalová
as saleswoman Marta Kavalírová
František Smolík
as postman Probost
Karol Machata
as agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
Bedřich Prokoš
as Jana's father
Věra Tichánková
as Jana's mother
Zuzana Stivínová
as Tomas's friend
Vlastimil Hašek
as Tomas's friend Honza
Václav Lohniský
as Housing office clerk
