The year is 1918. Toník returns home from the front. In Kladno, where he arrives, things are seething with discontent. The Social Democrats are in government, but nothing has changed. Socialization has not been implemented, there is hunger and food is still being skimped on. The first news about a socialist state arrives from Russia. On May 1st, the workers' Kladno manifests its loyalty to the ideals of the Great October Socialist Revolution. In December 1920, a general strike is declared in Kladno as well. The workers arm themselves, workers' councils take over the administration of the city and are also established in the surrounding villages. An armed uprising is being prepared. However, the right-wing leadership of the Social Democratic Party attacks the workers in the back. The army is sent to Kladno...
Toník
Marka, Toník's wife
Vanek
Vanek's wife
widow Rézina
Sádek
worker Václav
widow Minarikova
Anca
Dubec
Feigl
Vrázek
Holecek
Rüza
František Soukup
editor Antonín Němec
minister Karel Prášek
district governor Rozsypal
Prime minister Vlastimil Tusar
Bohumír Šmeral
Loket
warden
Maňka, daughter of Tonik and Marka
Maňka, daughter of Tonik and Marka
policeman
Rozsypal's wife
agricultural worker
chairman of the communist meeting
farm employee
buyer
director of large estates
messenger from Prague
gendarme
agricultural worker
miner
commander of soldiers
railwayman
Kladno's woman
newsboy
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