
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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