162 minutes
9/6/1983
A family saga taking place mostly in a small Slovak village over a period of thirty years (1887–1917). The first part captures the life of Martin Pichandu in the development of his craft, masonry; in the second part, his son is center stage living in a period of socio-political crisis, which ultimately results in the first World War. After originally airing on Czechoslovakian television in 1983 as a four-part 226-minute mini-series, this production received a 163-minute theatrical release in 1984.
Štefan Kvietik
as Samo
Jozef Kroner
as Martin Pichanda
Michal Dočolomanský
as Valent
Ivana Valešová
as Mária
Eva Jakoubková
as Kristína
Jana Janovská
as Ružena
Štefan Šafárik
Pavol Mikulík
as Julo
Milan Kiš
as Dropa
Igor Čillík
as Svanda
Ivan Drozdy
Zuzana Bydžovská
as Stázka
Zdeněk Dušek
Andrej Rudavský
Jiří Císler
as Belányi
Jana Dolanská
as Hanka
Bára Štěpánová
as Hermína
Hugo Kaminský
Jana Březinová
Štefan Mišovic
Katarína Synková
Vojtech Várady
Václav Šimice
Martin Peterich
Pavla Severinová
Vladimír Kostovič
Samuel Adamčík
as Orfanides
Jiří Klepl
Hana Lančíková
Mátyás Dráfi
Václav Baur
Augustín Kubán
František Kovár
Viliam Polónyi
Ján Mildner
Štefan Figura
Jaromír Kučera
Jana Stehnová
Jozef Mokoš
Ivan Rumanovský
Svatopluk Mohapl
Peter Maťo
Peter Kočiš
Roman Žačka
Miroslav Maron
Tomáš Horváth
Marek Matloch
Branislav Uherek
Andrej Buday
Natália Hasprová
Darina Maťašová
Michal Dlouhý
Jozef Jakubec
Daniel Vychopeň
Tomáš Zálešák
Peter Koza
Dušan Šagát
Róbert Laurinec
Peter Weisman
Zdeněk Blažek
Jozef Belan
Jozef Vaš
Július Košírel
Jozef Husár
Vladimír Zimmer
Darina Mauréry
Zlatica Gillová
Helena Remšíková
Gejza Sedlák
Kristína Dušeková
Matej Čech
Jana Oľhová
Miluše Šplechtová
Jozef Banyák
Markéta Čechová
Jozef Hamráček
Štefan Kožka
Vladimír Kittler
Hana Gregorová
as Julča
Július Mazanec
František Gervai
Štefan Píšša
M. Novotná-Žabková
Andrej Vandlík
Arnošt Goldflam
Viliam Ivanič
Angela Jakubisová
Anton Januš
Peter Lejko
Ivan Matulík
Ladislav Poštár
Ferenc Lengyel
Lotár Radványi
Ernest Šmigura
Anton Živčic
Alexander Bada
Milan Čech
Vlado Černý
as murár
Andrej Hryc
Ivan Friedl
Efrozína Gyermeková
Edita Gallová
Karel Habart
Jiří Kvasnička
Emil Horváth st.
Daniel Králik
Henrietta Kohoutová
Bohumil Kostrec
Benjamín Michalský
František Plevka
Teodor Piovarči
Radan Rusev
Jiří Schmiedt
Nicol Zábrodská
Janette Jakubisková
Oľga Načiniaková
as Dancer
Viliam Náčiniak
as Dancer
Peter Paťák
as Dancer
Sylvia Gonščáková
as Dancer
Daniela Matějková
as Dancer
Dušan Matejka
as Dancer
Ľuboš Plešinger
as Dancer
Jana Šinkorová
as Dancer
Ľubomír Kluka
as Dancer
Libuša Kučerová
as Dancer
Mária Horváthová
as Dancer
Ján Bábi
as Dancer
Margita Karsayová
as Dancer
František Katona
as Dancer
Agáta Katonová
as Dancer
Ladislav Hajdu
as Dancer
Ivan Bažalík
as Dancer
Ján Kamenický
as Dancer
Peter Hasák
as Dancer
Ivana Kvačalová
as Dancer
Daniela Žáková
as Dancer
Jaroslav Chodelka
as Dancer
Rudolf Valent
as Dancer
Oľga Krajanová
as Dancer
Renáta Strelingerová
as Dancer
Verona Mihálová
as Dancer
Štefánia Zahatlanová
as Dancer
Imrich Szokolay
as Dancer
Stanislav Starzl
as Dancer
Juraj Tonkovič
as Dancer
Jozef Kurucz
as Dancer
Jozef Zelinka
as Dancer
Oleg Latták
as Dancer
Rudolf Biháry
as Musician
Gustav Mezzei
as Musician
Imrich Mezzei
as Musician
Mikuláš Mezzei
as Musician
Ladislav Vontszemü
as Musician