On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.

Hana Meličková

Vilma Kubisová

Jozef Kroner

Valentin Kubis

Margit Bara

Angela

Hannjo Hasse

Brecker

Ladislav Chudík

Palo

Karol Machata

Marián Kubis

Emília Vášáryová

Katka Malishova

Ivan Mistrík

Durko Kubis

Jindřich Narenta

Wioherd

Vladimír Šmeral

Farár

Jiří Pleskot

Dr. Rasko

Eva Mária Chalupová

Saleswoman

Gašpar Arbet

Jozko

Karol Jaura

Mária Markovičová

Ľudovít Greššo

Old villager

• Jiří KrejčíkScreenplay · Director
• Albert MarenčinScreenplay
• Peter KarvašScreenplay
• Rudolf StahlDirector of Photography
• Zdeněk LiškaOriginal Music Composer
• Josef DobřichovskýEditor

Release date

August 24, 1962

Status

Released

Original language

Slovak

Rated

10

Genres

Drama, War

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