"This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The young son of a horse trainer loves nothing more than riding his horse, until he is stricken by polio…"
Vladimír Dlouhý
as Adam
Zdena Hadrbolcová
as matka
Karel Hlušička
as otec
Vladimír Šmeral
as Ambrož
Darja Hajská
as Turečková
Josef Karlík
as stájník
Bořivoj Navrátil
as doktor
Jaroslav Satoranský
as Martin
Michal Dlouhý
as Adam (mladší) (uncredited)
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as opilec
Oldřich Musil
Božena Böhmová
as vrchní sestra
Jana Švandová
as sestra
Karel Vlček
as farář
Zdeněk Jarolímek
as
Ladislav Křiváček
as pacient
Bohuslav Čáp
as Odpustek
Milena Steinmasslová
Věra Machová
Dušan Urgošík
Aleš Plhoň
Libuše Komancová
Adolf Minský
Miroslav Koudelka
Jan Herodes
Robert de Castello
Miloš Filipovský
Valentýn Rukavička
Martin Lácha
Olga Karásková
Bohuslav Kalva
Karel Kmoch
František Suchomel
Josef Illík
Director of Photography
Adolf Hejzlar
Camera Operator
Ludmila Kaválková
Costumer
Oldřich Okáč
Production Design
Ester Krumbachová
Art Direction
Anna Volšičková
Makeup & Hair
Karel Vejřík
Production Manager
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
Jan Procházka
Screenplay
Jiří Žebrakovský
Set Decoration
František Belfín
Conductor
Jiří Ondráček
Assistant Camera
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Tomáš Tintěra
Assistant Production Manager
Erich Švabík
Executive Producer
Stanislav Petřek
Jaroslava Váňová
Jiří Nevařil
Jiří Lenoch
Sound
Ota Hofman
Creative Producer
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Vladimír Ježek
Milada Mikešová
First Assistant Director
Karel Kachyňa
Costume Design
Director
Dagmar Ševčíková
Clapper Loader
Alan Marshall
Novel
Rudolf Mos
Unit Manager
Zdena Sirotková
Jaroslava Čapková
Script Supervisor