The film is a concert of well-known actors from an alcohol rehab where a middle-aged man has taken refuge to get rid of his addiction. In the rehab, cruelty is personified by the attendant who, with sadistic satisfaction, hands out demerit points for the slightest sign of displeasure or rebellion.

Milan Kňažko
as Miloš Lexa

Alicja Jachiewicz
as Soňa Landová

Vladimír Menšík
as Honzíček

Rudolf Hrušínský
as Hlavní ošetřovatel Masák

Jiří Hálek
as Čtvrtečka

Marián Labuda
as Dorenda

Zdeněk Řehoř
as Zlámal

Radan Rusev
as Jánošík

Rudolf Hrušínský
as Obuli

Josef Somr
as Primář Dobrotka