
In 1950s communist Czechoslovakia, a government minister, a war veteran long a loyal party man, leads a relatively comfortable life with his wife. However, he soon finds himself under surveillance, then under arrest. Unclear what his offense is, agents for the totalitarian regime interrogate and torture him, aiming to use their unending power to gain a false confession for these supposed crimes against the state.

as Gérard

as Lise

as Kohoutek

as Smola

as Boss of Factory

as Lawyer

as Former Secretary

as Communist Friend

as Attorney General

as Secret Policeman

as Doctor

as Politician

as Policeman

as Jaretzki

as Tonda

as Josef Pavel

as Policeman

as Interrogator

as Policeman

as President

as Bedrich

as Assessor

as Journalist

as Lawyer

as Lise's Friend



as Policeman


as Communist Friend (1965)


as Police Raid Officer

as Political Friend



as Editor-in-Chief






as Political Friend

as Wagner
