The story of 1947, when Bender's band, after a beating of the Nazis, tried to fight their way through Czechoslovakia to Austria. They come out of the forest to occupy the family's rural estate, kidnap doctors to help heal one of their wounded.
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| Directing | František Vláčil | Director |
| Writing | Vladimír Kalina | Creative Producer |
| Directing | Aleš Dospiva | First Assistant Director |
| Crew | Helena Matušková | Script |
| Writing | Jiří Křižan | Story |
| Writing | Jiří Křižan | Screenplay |
| Crew | Josef Bouček | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Ivan Šlapeta | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Richard Valenta | Camera Operator |
| Camera | Jiří Maxa | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Oldřich Okáč | Production Design |
| Art | Václav Hlávka | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Karel Kočí | Property Master |
| Art | Karel Krejčí | Set Decoration |
| Art | Stanislav Krejča | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Theodor Pištěk | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Petra Barochová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Pištěková | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Příhoda | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Editing | Helena Lehovcová | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | František Fabián | Sound |
| Production | Jan Balzer | Production Manager |
| Production | Zdeňka Černá | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Oldřich Mach | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Marie Ryšlinková | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | Irena Gregorová | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Miloslav Mirvald | Still Photographer |
| Crew | Georg Pokrovskij | Animal Wrangler |
| Sound | Zdeněk Liška | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
