A fairy tale story about a young shoemaker Kuba, who had to go to Vienna to fight in the army, the arrogant princely steward of Kolomayzna, the water spirits, the Emperor himself and Stázina, who looked so pretty in her red skirt.

Václav Postránecký
as vypravěč

Michal Pavlata
as Kuba

Veronika Žilková
as Stázina

František Filipovský
as švec Kacmar

Blažena Holišová
as vdova Slaměná

Jiří Bruder
as vodník Kebule

Vladimír Hlavatý
as císař

Svatopluk Beneš
as kníže

Jaroslava Adamová
as kněžna

Jiří Lír
as písař