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Higher Principle

Genres
Drama
Rating
8.1
Status
Released
Release Date1960-11-23
Runtime104 min
LanguagesČeskýDeutsch
CountriesCzechoslovakia
IMDbView on IMDb

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.

Keywords
world war ii
based on short story
anti-nazi resistance

Cast & Crew

poster

František Smolík

as Profesor Málek

poster

Jana Brejchová

as Jana Skálová

poster

Ivan Mistrík

as Vlastík

poster

Jan Šmíd

as Frantík

poster

Alexandr Postler

as Karel

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Petr Kostka

as Honza

poster

Radovan Lukavský

as Vondráček

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Václav Lohniský

as Profesor Richter

poster

Marie Lukášová

as profesorka

poster

Miroslav Svoboda

as profesor

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