The title refers to the office of records in the basement of a large company... sort of the place where a troublesome employee may be dumped in a dead end job. If fact, the story is a simple romantic comedy, with Burian as the kindly old stick-in-the-mud who helps the young man to sort out his romance with the daughter of the company's owner.
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Vlasta Burian as oficiál Borman
Jaroslav Marvan as Sýkora, přednosta úřadu
Čeněk Šlégl as Kryštof, ředitel Pozemkového úradu
Theodor Pištěk as Klásek, prezidiální
Adina Mandlová as Nasťa Borková
Antonín Novotný as Dr. Marek, úredník
Raoul Schránil as Ing. Jiří Rudík
Nataša Gollová as Irena Krystofová
Růžena Šlemrová as Malvína Klásková
Miloš Nedbal as Kefurt, vrchní revident
Bohuš Záhorský as Hlinka, revident
Jindřich Láznička as Baltazar, sluha
František Filipovský as Šmíd, servilní úredník
Věra Noháčová as Barmanka
Martin Frič Director
Rudolf Stahl Production Manager
Hana Podolská Costume Design
Jan Zázvorka Production Design
Václav Wasserman Screenplay
Eduard Šimáček Assistant Director
Gustav Davis Theatre Play
Václav Hanuš Director of Photography
František Rous Makeup & Hair
Jan Kohout Editor
Rudolf Stahl Assistant Director
František Šindelář Sound
Karel Hrnčíř Lyricist
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