Prague in the 1870s. Work in Smolík's sulphur factory is hard and dangerous to health. The poorly paid workers resemble torches because their clothes are soaked with poisonous phosphorus. Young Josef Rezler also works in the sulphur factory and uses his earnings to feed his mother and little sisters. He throws his perpetually drunken father out of the house. The older worker Brož forces Josef to learn to read and write. A cholera epidemic breaks out in Prague and Josef is the only one of his family to survive the disease...
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Character: worker Josef Rezler
Character: Anci Rozsypalová
Character: factory Smolík
Character: Otto - Smolík's son
Character: Father Novotný
Character: editor Kolár
Character: singer Hejkal
Character: accordionist Shrovetide
Character: singer Kulda
Character: foreman Ladislav Zápotocký
Character: foreman Josef Pecka
Character: editor Norbert Zoula
Character: editor Fait
Character: worker Smejkál
Character: worker Broz
Character: Worker Hübner
Character: delnice Pesková
Character: worker Kovár
Character: drunk Rezler
Character: Rezlerová - Josef's mother
Character: Young worker
Character: Younger worker
Character: Paulína
Character: Police director
Character: Rozslapil
Character: Praseckár
Character: factor Purchased
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Character: Secret agent
Character: The warden in the match shop
Character: Warden in prison
Character: Strak's secret council
Character: Angry gentleman
Character: Komorná
Character: Frantík
Character: worker
Character: worker
Character: Singer in cabaret
Character: Hostinský
Character: Innkeeper
Character: waiter at Rozslapil
Character: Pianist in cabaret
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Character: Mána
Character: Broz's daughter
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Character: worker from Waldes
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