Josef Houbička, the owner of the U pěti veverek apartment building in Malostran, is a kind and forgiving good man who allows himself to be ruthlessly oppressed by his proud wife, Filoména, and secretly fixes her problems with the tenants. He lends rent money to two poor painters and bribes offended maids just to keep the house quiet. He would like to restore the old soap factory in the house, but Filoména promotes more profitable garages. And since neither of them wants to back down, Houbička eventually leaves the house after one of the arguments. He makes friends with the innkeeper Pulec, who runs the not-so-prosperous inn At the Leaky Jug...
as domácí Filoména Houbičková
as domácí Josef Houbička
as majitelka hodinářství Bety Mráčková
as hodinářka Míla, dcera Mráčkové
as fotografka Lída, dcera Mráčkové
as malíř portrétista Jan Rezek
as malíř krajinář Jiří Holec
as mydlář Antonín Aloyz
as hostinský "U děravého džbánu" Jan Pulec
as podnikatel Anatol Kozel
as služka u Houbičků Stázi
as služka u Houbičků Růžena
