The orphan Eliška Irovská, nicknamed Líza, arrives in her native village of Ptačice. As an orphan she is housed in the local poorhouse and has to go out begging. Her guardian Petr Tumlíř, however, sees that she is competent enough to go to school.
as Líza
as Dr. Petr Tumlíř
as učitelka Karla Sýkorová
as Sýkora
as Sýkorová
as Dr. Nečas
as Dr. Leiner
as starosta Rejlek
as starostova žena
as Jarka, syn Rejlkových
as Brdlička
as Brdličková
as Plichta
as Plichtová
as Jůla, syn Plichtových
as školník