Directed by:
Biser A. ArichtevCinematography:
Karel FairaislComposer:
Michal NovinskiCast:
Marián Labuda ml., André Hennicke, Viktor Preiss, Dana Droppová, Jiří Vyorálek, Vladimír Polívka, Ondřej Vetchý, Vítězslav Jandák, Ondřej Malý, Pavel Kříž (more)Plots(1)
The film is based on the extraordinary true story of one of the most scorned figures of Czech and European history, a Minister in the Protectorate government, Emanuel Moravec, an apostle of collaboration, betrayal and moral decay. The unsightly countenance of the bloated bald head with buggy eyes brings to mind a parody of a fiend taken from comics. We would expect that only a fool would fall for Nazi ideology... But when we take a closer look at Moravec’s personality, we get a completely different picture: a refined, educated, rational man, who took words such as “fatherland, nation and democracy” deadly seriously.
In 1938, E. Moravec had a career as a legionnaire, professional soldier, renowned military theoretician and well-known journalist, and he expected to climb the social ladder. But then the Munich Agreement was signed and Moravec was pulled into the vortex of history. As this tragic figure strides towards his bitter end in this horrific time, we are left with the unpleasant question: “How would we have acted in his place?” (ČSFD)
(more)Cast
![Marián Labuda ml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/328/328271_200e64.jpg)
Marián Labuda ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdova krv (2014) (theatrical recording)
The Garden (1995)
Sweet Worries (1984)
![André Hennicke](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272481_0eefe9.jpg)
André Hennicke
East Germany
Best movies:
Downfall (2004)
Sophie Scholl: The Final Days (2005)
As Far as My Feet Will Carry Me (2001)
![Viktor Preiss](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/070/165070838_fe6f3f.png)
Viktor Preiss
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
Scapinova šibalství (1980) (TV movie)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)
![Dana Droppová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/374/165374179_92c640.jpg)
Dana Droppová
Slovakia
Best movies:
Betrayer (2020) (TV movie)
The Chambermaid (2023)
Scumbag (2020)
![Jiří Vyorálek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/416/416757_137681.jpg)
Jiří Vyorálek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Korespondence V+W (2012) (theatrical recording)
Stavrogin je ďábel (2005) (theatrical recording)
Zlatá šedesátá (2015) (theatrical recording)
![Vladimír Polívka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/882/166882684_9cb62e.jpg)
Vladimír Polívka
Switzerland
Best movies:
Elegance molekuly (2024) (theatrical recording)
Murder in Polná (2016) (TV movie)
Manon Lescaut (2021)
![Ondřej Vetchý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188679_4d6eec.jpg)
Ondřej Vetchý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Give the Devil His Due (1984)
The Elementary School (1991)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
![Vítězslav Jandák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268186_20979e.jpg)
Vítězslav Jandák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Silent Pain (1990)
Signum Laudis (1980)
![Ondřej Malý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/281/164281488_89bb7a.jpg)
Ondřej Malý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Nineties (2022) (series)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
![Pavel Kříž](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188669_7e20bb.jpg)
Pavel Kříž
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
BrainStorm (2008) (TV movie)
![Milan Kňažko](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268714_f4552b.jpg)
Milan Kňažko
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Picasso (2008) (theatrical recording)
Rok na dedine (1967) (TV movie)
Adolf Eichmann (1988) (TV movie)
![Detlef Bothe](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/937/160937152_434666.jpg)
Detlef Bothe
West Germany
Best movies:
Anthropoid (2016)
Nichts als die Wahrheit (1999)
The Butcher of Prague (2011)
![Oskar Hes](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294250_474e84.jpg)
Oskar Hes
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Dukla 61 (2018) (TV movie)
Zátopek (2021)
![Filip Březina](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/162/435/162435326_96c530.jpg)
Filip Březina
Czech Republic
Best movies:
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Zátopek (2021)
Betrayer (2020) (TV movie)
![Rebeka Poláková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/165/180/165180613_bba4e8.jpg)
Rebeka Poláková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdova krv (2014) (theatrical recording)
Tolstoj a peniaze (2016) (theatrical recording)
MIKI (2024)
![Karel Hábl](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268739_15c234.jpg)
Karel Hábl
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Amadeus (1984)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
Adelheid (1969)
![Jan Novotný](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275158_0363d0.jpg)
Jan Novotný
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Sluha dvou pánů (2010) (theatrical recording)
Král Lear (2003) (theatrical recording)
![Pavel Soukup](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271444_f03633.jpg)
Pavel Soukup
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Lovec (1980) (TV movie)
Zatmění všech sluncí (1987) (TV movie)
Betrayer (2020) (TV movie)
![Antonín Procházka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268642_66ebf8.jpg)
Antonín Procházka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Přes přísný zákaz dotýká se sněhu (2005) (theatrical recording)
S tvojí dcerou ne (1997) (theatrical recording)
The Tale of John and Mary (1980)
![Kristián Černík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/563/164563830_11c841.jpg)
Kristián Černík
Czech Republic
Best movies:
The Promised Land (2023)
Betrayer (2020) (TV movie)