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
Ludvík Pozník
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
The Black Barons (1992)
Signum Laudis (1980)
![Petr Skarke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275765_6ba6ea.jpg)
Petr Skarke
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
The Downfall of the Secluded Berhof (1983)
Vladimír Štros
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Valentin Dobrotivý (1942)
Long Live with Dearly Departed (1935)
![Miloslav Štibich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272758_d02f63.jpg)
Miloslav Štibich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Secluded, Near Woods (1976)
Magdalena Šmídová
Best movies:
The Petroleum Lamps (1971)
Klíč (1971)
![Roman Hemala](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/150/678/150678517_ec887d.jpg)
Roman Hemala
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
Antonín Ženíšek
Best movies:
Klíč (1971)
Karel Voska
Best movies:
Klíč (1971)
Karel Havlíček
Best movies:
Klíč (1971)
Jiří Cimický
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
The Joke (1968)
Radostný život posmrtný (1990) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Kovář
Best movies:
Days of Betrayal II. (1973)
Days of Betrayal I. (1973)
Klíč (1971)
![Oleg Reif](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275111_cb3833.jpg)
Oleg Reif
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dařbuján a Pandrhola (1959)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Alena (1947)
![Jaroslav Tomsa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/414/414847_64d47a.jpg)
Jaroslav Tomsa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Lemonade Joe (1964)
![Josef Bárta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276167_edc18f.jpg)
Josef Bárta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hope (1963)
Long Live the Republic! (1965)
Looking Back (1968)
![Václav Fišer](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/143/058/143058492_35819d.jpg)
Václav Fišer
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Closely Watched Trains (1966)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
![Slávka Hamouzová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275976_cf17b2.jpg)
Slávka Hamouzová
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Půlpenny (1974) (TV movie)
![Jiří Havel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/030/162030912_0b96f4.jpg)
Jiří Havel
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Poslední dopis (1973) (TV movie)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
Lokis (1986) (TV movie)
Václav Luks
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Pilát Pontský, onoho dne (1991) (TV movie)
Popel a hvězdy (1990) (TV movie)
![Miroslav Rous](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/095/161095857_9fe0a4.jpg)
Miroslav Rous
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Blizzard (1962)
Noc klavíristy (1976)
Královské usínání (1974) (TV movie)
Jaroslav Synák
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
A 105 p. c. Alibi (1959)
Náš dědek Josef (1976)
Pochodně (1960)