It is July 1914 and young men depart from a local railway station to go to the War. Lenka, the youngest daughter of the miller Bilanský, boards the same train and starts remembering her childhood and all the things that finally forced her to flee her home. Bilanský was an avaricious tyrant whose cruelty shattered the lives of his entire family. His only son Antonín, daughters Marie, Anna and Lenka, and his wife, all had to work their guts out while Bilanský squandered their money playing cards. After his arm got caught in a machine belt Antonín was forced to abandon all his plans. Lenka, an excellent student, also had no hope of continuing her education. She thought of her friend Borek, who moved to Prague to study and joined the labourmovement, and who secretly sent Lenka books. The young butcher Jaruš intended to marry the oldest daughter Marie, mostly out of self-interest, but the better-looking Anna stole him from her sister. Antonín seduced young Bětka but was not allowed to marry her and the girl drowned herself soon after giving birth to their illegitimate child. Despairing in the loveless family atmosphere, where even her weary mother could not offer her any support, Lenka ran away to Prague to look for Borek. At the station, she caught sight of him in a uniform, going to the front. She called after him in vain. His fellow workers, who gathered at the station to say goodbye to Borek, approached her and offered to help. It was with them that Lenka went to look for that future "best of all worlds".
mlynář Bilanský
Bilanského žena
Antonín, syn Bilanských
Magdalena zvaná Lenka, dcera Bilanských
Marie, dcera Bilanských
Anna, dcera Bilanských
děvečka Bětka
selský syn Jiří Hladík
Borek, Lenčin kamarád, bratr Bětky
řezník Jaruš
Kaftanka, Bětčina a Borkova matka
vysloužilec
branec ve vlaku
Hladíková, Jiřího matka
starosta
stárek
teta Rozára
teta Zoška
žena na nádraží
krajánek
malá Lenka
malý Antonín
malý Borek
Kateřinka, Antonínova nevěsta
Chládek
František, branec ve vlaku
Františkova žena
sedlák
průvodčí
stará žena ve vlaku
námluvčí
zpívající mladík
mladík na nádraží
host na svatbě
host na svatbě
host na svatbě
mladá venkovanka
branec
branec s harmonikou
zpívající branec
zpívající branec
kamarád
mladý muž ve městě
kuchařka
farář
žák ve škole
učitel
kamarád
tanečník
stará žena
starší pán
cestující pán
venkovanka
měštka
kamarád
venkovanka
kamarád
kuchařka
vandrovní
Irena Vachatová, Jan Němec, Sharad Pawar
Marie Majerová (Nejkrásnější svět – román)
Jan Petrů, Jan Štrébl, Ladislav Winkelhöfer
Milan R. Novotný, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Jiří Nekola, Jiří Ulrich, František Štěpánek
Alena Tůmová (klapka), Miloslav Mirvald (fotograf)
Johann Strauss (Radeckého pochod /Radetzky-Marsch/)
FISYO (Music Conducted by Štěpán Koníček)
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Song Composer lidová píseň
Writer of Lyrics lidová píseň
Singer sbor
Singer Vilém Bessersbor
Song Composer Karel Hašler
Singer Jiří KrampolPetr Patera
Kde řeky mají slunce
Kde řeky mají slunce
The Day the Trees Will Bloom
Nejkrásnější svět
film
featuretheatrical distribution
drama, social
Czechoslovakia
1961
1960—1961
literary Screenplay approved 11 July 1960
technical Screenplay approved 26 August 1960
start of filming 14 September 1960
end of filming 30 March 1961
projection approval 20 June 1961
withdrawal from distribution 1 April 1966
withdrawal from distribution 30 June 1990
premiere 13 October 1961 /suitable for youths/ (kina Oko /1 týden/ a Dukla /1 týden od 20. 10./, Praha)
premiere 13 October 1961 /suitable for youths/ (celostátní)
Tvůrčí skupina Šebor – Bor, Vladimír Bor (vedoucí dramaturg tvůrčí skupiny), Jiří Šebor (vedoucí výroby tvůrčí skupiny)
feature film
94 min
2 685 meters
16mm, 35mm
1:1,37
black & white
sound
mono
Czech
Czech
without subtitles
Czech
Festival: 12. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1961
Benátky / Italy
Josef Illík
Festival: 12. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1961
Benátky / Italy
Václav Krška
Festival: 12. mezinárodní filmový festival Benátky
1961
Benátky / Italy
Zuzana Fišárková