The Island of the Silver Herons

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family with an army tradition and is preparing to enter cadet college. Paul's father and grandfather are workers, and Willi, left to depend on himself, works as a hotel messenger. The last year of the war is hard for everyone, but while Paul and Willi know their own minds and do not hesitate to help the war fugitives Tony and Sepp, for Heinrich everything is more complicated.

• Jaromil JirešDirector
• Luboš FišerOriginal Music Composer
• František PavlíčekScreenplay
• Inge HeymScreenplay

• Erwin GeschonneckColonel von Bülow
• Günter NaumannSepp Erdmann
• Vladimír DlouhýTony
• Michal VavrušaHeinrich von Bülow
• Petr VoříšekPaul Meyer
• Tomáš VacekWilli
• Heidemarie WenzelHilda von Bülow
• Iva BittováTereza
• Wolfgang GreesePolice Chief
• Erich MirekGrandpa Meyer
• Jaromír JooJan Král
• Gabriela NajmanováKrál's Wife