![all posters](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w140/files/images/film/posters/160/405/160405175_0b25b6.jpg)
Directed by:
Otakar VávraScreenplay:
Otakar VávraCinematography:
Jan RothComposer:
František ŠkvorCast:
Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaroslav Průcha, Vladimír Salač, Ladislav Boháč, František Smolík, Jiřina Šejbalová, František Kreuzmann st., Ella Nollová (more)Cast
![Rudolf Hrušínský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268155_27d6b5.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Elementary School (1991)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
![Jaroslav Průcha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274347_721b6a.jpg)
Jaroslav Průcha
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Vladimír Salač](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/160/166160408_8e4604.jpg)
Vladimír Salač
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
![Ladislav Boháč](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268978_602e30.jpg)
Ladislav Boháč
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The White Disease (1937)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![František Smolík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270440_1d0546.jpg)
František Smolík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
![Jiřina Šejbalová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268450_c907f9.jpg)
Jiřina Šejbalová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Men About Town (1969)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Láska jako trám (1967) (TV movie)
![František Kreuzmann st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270437_286c58.jpg)
František Kreuzmann st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
![Ella Nollová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275305_5c1d27.jpg)
Ella Nollová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Eva Fools Around (1939)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
![Jaroslav Vojta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268858_c8a226.jpg)
Jaroslav Vojta
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Božena Šustrová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268477_6826bf.jpg)
Božena Šustrová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Guild of Kutna Hora Virgins (1938)
Grandmother (1940)
Virginity (1937)
![Stanislava Strobachová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275892_3a7a94.jpg)
Stanislava Strobachová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mephisto (1981)
Divá Bára (1949)
The Little Herdsman from the Valley (1983)
![Hermína Vojtová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268507_2eca2d.jpg)
Hermína Vojtová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Distant Journey (1948)
Young Bohácek's Sufferings (1969)
O věcech nadpřirozených (1958)
![Karel Dostal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275334_70a7af.jpg)
Karel Dostal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
The White Disease (1937)
![Anna Steimarová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268467_8ad7d4.jpg)
Anna Steimarová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Christian (1939)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
Catacombs (1940)
![Blažena Slavíčková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268456_fb7a51.jpg)
Blažena Slavíčková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Karel Černý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268682_28eb6a.jpg)
Karel Černý
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
![Milada Smolíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268462_1beb45.jpg)
Milada Smolíková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Hostinec „U kamenného stolu“ (1948)
![Vladimír Řepa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/007/166007313_104165.jpg)
Vladimír Řepa
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Nebe a dudy (1941)
![Rudolf Hrušínský nejst.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268159_b9c8b1.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský nejst.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
The Portrait (1947)
Barbora Hlavsová (1942)
![Josef Hořánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274309_7f7211.jpg)
Josef Hořánek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
The Proud Princess (1952)
The Poacher's Foster Daughter or Noble Millionaire (1949)