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.
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Cast
Marie Vášová
Anna Kociánová
Luděk Munzar
fitter Tomás Stach
Jana Brejchová
Teacher Jana Vávrová
Jiří Pleskot
mason Janík
Jiřina Bohdalová
saleswoman Marta Kavalírová
František Smolík
postman Probost
Karol Machata
agent Just alias Vilém Jonas
Bedřich Prokoš
Jana's father
Věra Tichánková
Jana's mother
Zuzana Stivínová
Tomas's friend
Vlastimil Hašek
Tomas's friend Honza
Václav Lohniský
Housing office clerk
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