Filmed during the Nazi occupation, this panoramic drama set in a Prague department store follows the divergent destinies of four female coworkers, each of whom seeks happiness in a different way.

Adina Mandlová
as Helena Truxová

Jiřina Štěpničková
as Anna Waltrová-Ortová

Hana Vítová
as Milena

Nataša Gollová
as Fanynka

Jana Dítětová
as Boženka

Otomar Korbelář
as Jan Klement

Eduard Kohout
as Viktor Zych

Vítězslav Vejražka
as Martin

Karel Hradilák
as Fred Valenta

František Kreuzmann
as Pepa Hodek