A biographical film about the traveler Emil Holub, conceived as an illustrative story of an exceptional man, who, however, encounters the disinterest and rejection of the domestic Czech bourgeoisie. To this is added an international perspective - Holub encounters British expansionism in Africa and indignantly rejects colonial methods, trying to help black people.

Otomar Krejča
as Emil Holub

Antonie Hegerliková
as

Jaroslav Marvan
as

Eduard Kohout
as

Bedřich Karen
as

Bedřich Vrbský
as

Miloš Kopecký
as

Vladimír Hlavatý
as

Svatopluk Beneš
as

Vlasta Fabianová
as