"This Czechoslovakian children’s film takes place during the last days of the Austro-Hungarian empire. The young son of a horse trainer loves nothing more than riding his horse, until he is stricken by polio…"
Vladimír Dlouhý
as Adam
Zdena Hadrbolcová
as matka
Karel Hlušička
as otec
Vladimír Šmeral
as Ambrož
Darja Hajská
as Turečková
Josef Karlík
as stájník
Bořivoj Navrátil
as doktor
Jaroslav Satoranský
as Martin
Michal Dlouhý
as Adam (mladší) (uncredited)
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as opilec
Oldřich Musil
Božena Böhmová
as vrchní sestra
Jana Švandová
as sestra
Karel Vlček
as farář
Zdeněk Jarolímek
as
Ladislav Křiváček
as pacient
Bohuslav Čáp
as Odpustek
Milena Steinmasslová
Věra Machová
Dušan Urgošík
Aleš Plhoň
Libuše Komancová
Adolf Minský
Miroslav Koudelka
Jan Herodes
Robert de Castello
Miloš Filipovský
Valentýn Rukavička
Martin Lácha
Olga Karásková
Bohuslav Kalva
Karel Kmoch
František Suchomel
Zdeněk Liška
Original Music Composer
Erich Švabík
Executive Producer
Tomáš Tintěra
Assistant Production Manager
Jaroslava Váňová
Costumer
Karel Vejřík
Production Manager
Anna Volšičková
Makeup & Hair
Stanislav Petřek
Jiří Ondráček
Assistant Camera
Josef Illík
Director of Photography
Vladimír Ježek
Set Decoration
František Belfín
Conductor
Jan Procházka
Screenplay
Jiří Žebrakovský
Jiří Nevařil
Zdena Sirotková
Unit Production Manager
Karel Kachyňa
Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Ester Krumbachová
Art Direction
Costume Design
Miroslav Hájek
Editor
Adolf Hejzlar
Camera Operator
Ludmila Kaválková
Milada Mikešová
First Assistant Director
Jiří Lenoch
Sound
Rudolf Mos
Ota Hofman
Creative Producer
Oldřich Okáč
Production Design
Director
Dagmar Ševčíková
Clapper Loader
Jaroslava Čapková
Script
Alan Marshall
Novel