Vojtěch Karásek is a young, talented woodcarver who has fallen in love with Baruška, the daughter of a former weaver but who is now the thief Šlapák. Vojtěch's grandfather, a verger, therefore refuses to give his consent to their marriage. Šlapák visits the priest Štěpanovský and asks him to put in a good word for the young couple. The priest agrees after Vojtěch threatens that, if they cannot marry, he will take Baruška off to America with him. Baruška goes to see the priest for confession and admits to a minor theft she committed in her childhood but she promises him that she will better herself. When she is leaving the church she finds a brooch which Mrs. Sedlnická had lost and Baruška cannot help keeping it for herself. Mrs. Sedlnická comes back immediately for the brooch and the verger at once suspects the girl of the theft. In front of Vojtěch and Šlapák he has her searched and the brooch is found in Baruška's possession. Vojtěch subsequently rejects his beloved and returns to the arms of his wise grandfather. (According to the stage play.)

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== osoby ==			== profese ==
	Alois Wiesner		Režie
	Vladimír Slavínský		Námět
	Alois Jalovec		Kameraman
	Alois Wiesner		Scénarista

== osoby ==	== postava ==
František Fořt	Baruščin bratr
Alois Wiesner	bývalý tkadlec Šlapák
Katy Kaclová-Vališová	Baruška(Šlapákova dcera)
Rybáková	Baruščina matka
Vilém Weiss	kostelník Karásek
Magda Škrdlíková	Tekla Sedlnická

== osoby ==	== postava ==
Emil Øeřábek	četník
Josef Godek	farář Jan Štěpanovský
Otokar Alferi	řezbář Vojtěch, Baruščin milý