As Nazi troops prepare to occupy the already truncated Czechoslovak Republic, a small military garrison made up of communists defies orders to abandon their post.
staff captain Richter
corporal Ríha
Pepík
Jarda
Zácek
staff sergeant
sergeant Hrabák
Janko
lieutenant Brandejs
Tonek
Chválová
Lida, Chválová's daughter
Anči, Chválová's daughter
illegal worker Jura
Franta
Mirek
german major
german captain
Bláhová, Pepík's mother
soldier
general
german guard on the bridge
german colonel
major
security guard in a power plant
military scribe
