
The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.
Old Woman Kauders

Old Man Kauders

Emil Kauders
Karl Marek

Olga Marek
Leutnant Slezak

Salomon Laufer

Mali Laufer

Ernst Laufer
Frieda Laufer
Marcel Lederer

Bertha Lederer
Krauthammer

Klossmann

Karl Glaser

Leopold Glaser
Anna Krummbein
Leo Mautner

Lilly Mautner

Bozena

Milan Schramek

Behrend
Kowlorat

Unknown Role
Caretaker Stepanek

Confectioner Vokurka

Lederer Junior