Directed by:
Vladimír ČechCinematography:
Václav HuňkaComposer:
Štěpán LuckýCast:
František Vicena, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Zdeněk Kampf, Vlasta Vlasáková, Eva Jiroušková, Oldřich Velen, Jürgen Frohriep, Miloslav Holub, Jindřich Narenta (more)Plots(1)
Biographical drama The Key is the first film that fully complies with the demands of the Normalisation period which started setting in at the time. A film about communist official and anti-Nazi resistance fighter Jan Zika shamelessly manipulates facts, promoting Communist ideology and foisting the idea of Soviet Union's indispensability. Luckily, Čech's film is an exceptionally boring debacle. (Summer Film School)
(more)Cast
Oldřich Lukeš
Austria-Hungary
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Lemonade Joe (1964)
The Assassination (1964)
Happy End (1967)
Vítězslav Jandák
Czechoslovakia
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Jan Dejmek
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Vladimír Ptáček
Czechoslovakia
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Milan Hlavín
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Milena Kaplická
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Jana Posseltová
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Morgiana (1972)
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Marta Richterová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
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Eduard Pavlíček
Austria
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Jiřina Bílá
Czechoslovakia
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Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
The Cremator (1968)
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Jitka Zelenohorská
Czechoslovakia
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Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Larks on a String (1969)
Václav Švec
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
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The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
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Josef Burda
Czechoslovakia
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Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
Oil Lamps (1971)
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Bohumil Koška
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Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
Viktor Maurer
Czechoslovakia
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Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Men About Town (1969)
Vladimír Navrátil
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
The Assassination (1964)
Jan Pohan
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Karel Pavlík
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Men About Town (1969)
Miloslav Šindler
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Oil Lamps (1971)
The Incredibly Sad Princess (1968)