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.
Karel Steklý
Jarmila Zítková
Zdeněk Kampf

Miloš Nedbal
Ladislav Kulhánek

Vítězslav Vejražka