Directed by:
Vladimír MichálekScreenplay:
Jiří KřižanCinematography:
Martin ŠtrbaComposer:
Michal LorencCast:
Boguslaw Linda, Olaf Lubaszenko, Jiří Bartoška, Agnieszka Sitek, Vlasta Chramostová, Ľudovít Cittel, Martin Sitta, Jiří Holý, Milan Riehs, Anton Šulík st. (more)Plots(1)
Vladimír Michálek adapted Jiří Křižan's symbolic work of Nazi occupation as it plays out in a Catholic village in Moravia. A young Protestant blacksmith and partisan named Jura Baran takes refuge in a village where the inhabitants live in fear of a local farmer. Through collaboration with the Germans, he is taking over both their property and their lives. The only way out is to induce Baran to kill him. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Boguslaw Linda](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268999_81df76.jpg)
Boguslaw Linda
Poland
Best movies:
A Lonely Woman (1981)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Blind Chance (1981)
![Olaf Lubaszenko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281487_71e042.jpg)
Olaf Lubaszenko
Poland
Best movies:
Schindler's List (1993)
Korczak (1990)
A Short Film About Love (1988)
![Jiří Bartoška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/810/164810745_e39798.jpg)
Jiří Bartoška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Bratři Karamazovi (1981) (theatrical recording)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
![Agnieszka Sitek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274698_2ecf03.jpg)
Agnieszka Sitek
Poland
Best movies:
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Chopin: Desire for Love (2002)
The Hexer (2001)
![Vlasta Chramostová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268290_3dd93f.jpg)
Vlasta Chramostová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Cremator (1968)
Hrdinové okamžiku (1961) (series)
The White Lady (1965)
![Ľudovít Cittel](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/214/158214902_cbe5b4.jpg)
Ľudovít Cittel
Best movies:
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Kidnapping (2017)
Sokoliar Tomáš (2000)
![Martin Sitta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/055/126/55126033_617a52.jpg)
Martin Sitta
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
![Jiří Holý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268640_6730df.jpg)
Jiří Holý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Ubohý pan Kufalt (1981) (TV movie)
Witchhammer (1969)
Lucerna (1967) (TV movie)
![Milan Riehs](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268647_ad73eb.jpg)
Milan Riehs
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
![Anton Šulík st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/526/159526979_bf5cb6.jpg)
Anton Šulík st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Dutý kameň (1985) (TV movie)
Zuzanka Hraškovie (1991) (TV movie)
![Josef Bulík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/712/158712107_215d46.jpg)
Josef Bulík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The White Lady (1965)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
When the Woman Butts In (1959)
![Bohuslav Ličman](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/276/276274_b702d8.jpg)
Bohuslav Ličman
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
On the Trail of Blood (1969)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Dnes ještě zapadá slunce nad Atlantidou (1978) (TV movie)
![Gustav Nezval](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274552_50abc7.jpg)
Gustav Nezval
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
Lakomec (1972) (theatrical recording)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Gustav Vondráček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Adela Has Not Had Her Supper Yet (1978)
![Zdeněk Kozák st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268693_4bafa9.jpg)
Zdeněk Kozák st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cutting It Short (1980)
The Cow (1993)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Robert Sklenář
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
František Kouba
Best movies:
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
Blázni, vodníci a podvodníci (1980)
![Petra Lustigová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274509_bbe5b9.jpg)
Petra Lustigová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
P.F. 77 (2003) (TV movie)
![Miloslav Mejzlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277895_f3bbcb.jpg)
Miloslav Mejzlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sekal Has to Die (1998)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Jan Šťastný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/475/164475410_693630.jpg)
Jan Šťastný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Brouk v hlavě (2020) (theatrical recording)
Sekal Has to Die (1998)