
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.
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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 as

Pavol Mikulík as Julo

Milan Kiš as Dropa

Igor Čillík as Svanda

Ivan Drozdy as

Zuzana Bydžovská as Stázka

Zdeněk Dušek as

Andrej Rudavský as

Jiří Císler as Belányi

Jana Dolanská as Hanka

Bára Štěpánová as Hermína

Hugo Kaminský as

Jana Březinová as

Štefan Mišovic as

Katarína Synková as

Vojtech Várady as

Václav Šimice as

Martin Peterich as

Pavla Severinová as

Vladimír Kostovič as

Samuel Adamčík as Orfanides

Jiří Klepl as

Hana Lančíková as

Mátyás Dráfi as

Václav Baur as

Augustín Kubán as

František Kovár as

Viliam Polónyi as

Ján Mildner as

Štefan Figura as

Jaromír Kučera as

Jana Stehnová as

Jozef Mokoš as

Ivan Rumanovský as

Svatopluk Mohapl as

Peter Maťo as

Peter Kočiš as

Roman Žačka as

Miroslav Maron as

Tomáš Horváth as

Marek Matloch as

Branislav Uherek as

Andrej Buday as

Natália Hasprová as

Darina Maťašová as

Michal Dlouhý as

Jozef Jakubec as

Daniel Vychopeň as

Tomáš Zálešák as

Peter Koza as

Dušan Šagát as

Róbert Laurinec as

Peter Weisman as

Zdeněk Blažek as

Jozef Belan as

Jozef Vaš as

Július Košírel as

Jozef Husár as

Vladimír Zimmer as

Darina Mauréry as

Zlatica Gillová as

Helena Remšíková as

Gejza Sedlák as

Kristína Dušeková as

Matej Čech as

Jana Oľhová as

Miluše Šplechtová as

Jozef Banyák as

Markéta Čechová as

Jozef Hamráček as

Štefan Kožka as

Vladimír Kittler as

Hana Gregorová as Julča

Július Mazanec as

František Gervai as

Štefan Píšša as

M. Novotná-Žabková as

Andrej Vandlík as

Arnošt Goldflam as

Viliam Ivanič as

Angela Jakubisová as

Anton Januš as

Peter Lejko as

Ivan Matulík as

Ladislav Poštár as

Ferenc Lengyel as

Lotár Radványi as

Ernest Šmigura as

Anton Živčic as

Alexander Bada as

Milan Čech as

Vlado Černý as murár

Andrej Hryc as

Ivan Friedl as

Efrozína Gyermeková as

Edita Gallová as

Karel Habart as

Jiří Kvasnička as

Emil Horváth st. as

Daniel Králik as

Henrietta Kohoutová as

Bohumil Kostrec as

Benjamín Michalský as

František Plevka as

Teodor Piovarči as

Radan Rusev as

Jiří Schmiedt as

Nicol Zábrodská as

Janette Jakubisková as

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
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