Mikolás and his brother Adam end up with a young German hostage of noble blood during a robbery. While their clan prepares for the wrath of the German king, Mikolás is sent to pressure his neighbor Lazar into a defense pact. Persuasion fails and he abducts Lazar's daughter Marketa on the eve of her initiation as a nun in an act of vengeance.

• Filmové studio Barrandov
• František Velecký
• Magda Vášáryová
• Ivan Palúch
• Pavla Polášková
• Vlastimil Harapes
• Michal Kožuch
• Josef Kemr
• Naďa Hejná