Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.

Pavel Landovský
as maj. Haluška

Ondřej Vetchý
as voj. Kefalín

Jiří Schmitzer
as por. Hamáček

Miroslav Donutil
as por. Troník

Bronislav Poloczek
as kpt. Ořech

Vladimír Javorský
as voj. Jasánek

Josef Dvořák
as nadporučík Mazurek

Alois Švehlík
as kpt. Honec

Rudolf Hrušínský
as kpt. MUDr. Hořec

Václav Postránecký
as generál