Saxony, devastated by the Thirty Years' War, is led by the comedy troupe of the principal Fortunato. The student Vavrinec has fled Bohemia and greatly values the text of Shakespeare's tragedy Romeo and Juliet, which he has acquired on his wanderings around the world.
| Directing | Otakar Vávra | Director |
| Writing | Miloš Václav Kratochvíl | Novel |
| Writing | Miloš Václav Kratochvíl | Screenplay |
| Writing | Otakar Vávra | Screenplay |
| Writing | Josef Císař | Creative Producer |
| Directing | Milan Kadlec | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Martin Dostál | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Ivana Malíková | Script |
| Crew | Vladimír Bor | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Jiří Macák | Director of Photography |
| Camera | Jan Hanzal | Camera Operator |
| Camera | F. A. Brabec | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Jindřich Goetz | Production Design |
| Art | Olga Rosenfelderová | Assistant Production Design |
| Art | Jiří Matějka | Set Decoration |
| Art | Jaromír Šlápota | Set Decoration |
| Art | Eva Slívová | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Kropáček | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Marie Charvátová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Hana Kadlecová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Květa Kamešová | Costumer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Příhoda | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Božena Došlá | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jiřina Bissingerová | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Kléma | Makeup & Hair |
| Editing | Miroslav Hájek | Editor |
| Editing | Magda Hájková | Assistant Editor |
| Sound | Adolf Böhm | Sound |
| Crew | Ladislav Lahoda | Stunts |
| Production | Jan Syrový | Production Manager |
| Production | Věra Lukášová | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Lev Veltrubský | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Helena Landovská | Assistant Production Manager |
| Sound | Otmar Mácha | Original Music Composer |
| Camera | Ivana Vlčková | Clapper Loader |
| Camera | Karel Ješátko | Still Photographer |
| Sound | Štěpán Koníček | Conductor |
| Crew | Alena Skálová | Choreographer |
| Writing | Miloš Václav Kratochvíl | Lyricist |
