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
![František Vicena](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/838/165838022_179136.jpg)
František Vicena
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Poslední dopis (1973) (TV movie)
Hope (1963)
![Wilhelm Koch-Hooge](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275856_7a3679.jpg)
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
German Empire
Best movies:
Zbabělec (1961)
Jahrgang 21 (1957)
The Assassination at Sarajevo (1975)
![Zdeněk Kampf](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276266_a068d7.jpg)
Zdeněk Kampf
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
...and Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Šťastný Jim (1969) (TV movie)
Posel úsvitu (1950)
![Vlasta Vlasáková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274254_ab5eae.jpg)
Vlasta Vlasáková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
Ať hodí kamenem (1975) (TV movie)
Life Was the Stake (1956)
![Eva Jiroušková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/531/160531607_1e4b5b.jpg)
Eva Jiroušková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Cow (1993)
Hope (1963)
![Oldřich Velen](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268674_220c98.jpg)
Oldřich Velen
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen! (1976)
All My Compatriots (1968)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
![Jürgen Frohriep](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/694/161694213_480a78.jpg)
Jürgen Frohriep
German Empire
Best movies:
Stars (1959)
Front Without Flanks (1974)
Spur der Steine (1966)
![Miloslav Holub](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274257_b22459.jpg)
Miloslav Holub
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Invention for Destruction (1958)
The Ear (1970)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Jindřich Narenta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268716_d15abe.jpg)
Jindřich Narenta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
The Cremator (1968)
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
![Oto Ševčík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268719_56fad9.jpg)
Oto Ševčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
![Josef Hajdučík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/284/166284368_c5f8c0.jpg)
Josef Hajdučík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
I Killed Einstein, Gentlemen (1969)
Behind the Scenes at the Pacific Hotel (1975)
Kto si bez viny (1963)
![Josef Beyvl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/057/164057035_abaf60.jpg)
Josef Beyvl
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The Chintamani Carpet and a Swindler (1964)
![Zdeněk Kryzánek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/168/107/168107602_bqws5s.jpg)
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
![Miloš Vavruška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268673_a96644.jpg)
Miloš Vavruška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
![Jana Walterová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/207/159207151_36e465.jpg)
Jana Walterová
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Klec pro dva (1967)
Poslední etapa (1962)
Klíč (1971)
![Richard Záhorský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274367_a77c0b.jpg)
Richard Záhorský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Assassination (1964)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)
![Gustav Heverle](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274305_214d76.jpg)
Gustav Heverle
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
The Assassination (1964)
Romeo a Julie na konci listopadu (1971) (TV movie)
![Vladimír Leraus](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274547_aba9a6.jpg)
Vladimír Leraus
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
Alena (1947)
![Josef Chvalina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271369_7eeb50.jpg)
Josef Chvalina
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přišel na večeři (1981) (theatrical recording)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
Zdeněk Dřevojánek
Best movies:
Haldy (1973) (series)
Družina černého pera (1973)
Klíč (1971)