The Counter-Reformation period: Myslivec Machovec is forced by representatives of the Jesuit order to flee his home for his religious beliefs. His teenage children Helenka and Tomáš do not give up the faith and traditions of the Czech Brethren despite the increasing pressure.

• Československý státní film
• Ladislav Boháč
• Jiřina Švorcová
• Eduard Cupák
• Theodor Pištěk
• Helena Friedlová
• Svatopluk Majer
• Jaroslav Raušer
• Jarmila Zítková