Directed by:
Yuriy OzerovCast:
Bohuš Pastorek, Lubomir Kabakčijev, Ladislav Chudík, Ivan Mistrík, Vladimír Ráž, Július Pántik, Zdeněk Řehoř, Pavel Popandov, Štefan Kvietik, Vlado Müller (more)Plots(1)
This series of four films was made to present the role of the communist party in the process of national liberation from fascism during WW II. It is an attempt to reconstruct historical events such as the antifascist and labour movements and the development of communism in Czechoslovakia. (official distributor synopsis)
Cast
![Bohuš Pastorek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277518_4d89b1.jpg)
Bohuš Pastorek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
All My Compatriots (1968)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Válka vypukne po přestávce (1978) (theatrical recording)
Lubomir Kabakčijev
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Na vseki kilometar (1969) (series)
Soldiers of Freedom (1977)
Soldiers of Freedom (1976) (series)
![Ladislav Chudík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268735_919694.jpg)
Ladislav Chudík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
![Ivan Mistrík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268882_0972d2.jpg)
Ivan Mistrík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
![Vladimír Ráž](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271972_1202c8.jpg)
Vladimír Ráž
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Once Upon a Time, There Was a King... (1954)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Július Pántik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270819_3fd0c2.jpg)
Július Pántik
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Adolf Eichmann (1988) (TV movie)
![Zdeněk Řehoř](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268700_32c92a.jpg)
Zdeněk Řehoř
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Pavel Popandov
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Pope John XXIII (2002) (TV movie)
Rounds (2019)
King for a Day (1983)
![Štefan Kvietik](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268733_d4bae1.jpg)
Štefan Kvietik
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
The Boxer and Death (1962)
![Vlado Müller](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268684_7f070d.jpg)
Vlado Müller
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Zhŕňajova nevesta (1978) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
Anton Gorčev
Best movies:
Time of Violence (1988)
The Goat Horn (1972)
Soldiers of Freedom (1977)
![Vladimír Petruška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/901/157901501_7e4706.jpg)
Vladimír Petruška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Canarisova krvavá hviezda (1966) (TV movie)
The Last Witch (1957)
Josef Kudílek
Austria
Best movies:
Kamenný řád (1975) (series)
Shame (1967)
Haldy (1973) (series)
![Jaroslav Rozsíval](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276076_13f542.jpg)
Jaroslav Rozsíval
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
![Mikuláš Huba](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/314/314547_d0c2b9.jpg)
Mikuláš Huba
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
Pštrosí večierok (1969) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
![Štefan Mišovic](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272653_c48b8e.jpg)
Štefan Mišovic
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Rysavá jalovica (1970) (TV movie)
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
![Igor Hrabinský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/261/160261437_f2c25a.jpg)
Igor Hrabinský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Maroško (1968) (TV movie)
Prázdniny u starej mamy (1976) (TV movie)
Smrť sa volá Engelchen (1960) (TV movie)
![Bronislav Križan](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268683_62d8ff.jpg)
Bronislav Križan
Slovak state
Best movies:
Kubo (1965) (TV movie)
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
St. Elizabeth Square (1965)
![Dušan Jamrich](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272618_f9fd3b.jpg)
Dušan Jamrich
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Henrich IV. (1987) (theatrical recording)
Andrej Šilan
Poland
Best movies:
The Shop on Main Street (1965)
Ešte sa nevraciam (1975) (TV movie)
Fyzikus Rayman (1979) (TV movie)