Czechoslovakia,
1990, 114 min
Directed by:
Jiří SvobodaCinematography:
Vladimír SmutnýCast:
Jaromír Hanzlík, Jiří Bartoška, Marta Vančurová, Milan Kňažko, Karel Roden, Rudolf Hrušínský ml., Ladislav Potměšil, Zdeněk Mucha, Miroslav Donutil (more)Plots(1)
Jiří Svoboda’s political drama suggestively depicts the brutality of the fabricated political trials of the 1950s. It presents the communist machinery as a clockwork mechanism that can reliably disintegrate even the strongest individuality. (Summer Film School)
Cast
![Vlastimil Čaněk](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/886/160886960_e5851b.jpg)
Vlastimil Čaněk
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
You Are a Widow, Sir (1970)
Who Wants to Kill Jessie? (1966)
![Svatopluk Matyáš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272651_4ad7db.jpg)
Svatopluk Matyáš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Riders in the Sky (1968)
All My Loved Ones (1999)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
![Hana Frejková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/281/281102_0edff5.jpg)
Hana Frejková
UK
Best movies:
Maškaráda čili Fantom Opery (2009) (theatrical recording)
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Hitler: The Rise of Evil (2003) (TV movie)
![Václav Mareš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268574_72e314.jpg)
Václav Mareš
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Run, Waiter, Run! (1980)
The Golden Eels (1979) (TV movie)
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
![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)
![Miroslav Macháček](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268539_1fadf5.jpg)
Miroslav Macháček
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Valley of the Bees (1967)
![Zdeňka Sajfertová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312328_c9ae22.jpg)
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze (1984)
![Karel Holas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/955/157955303_7531b8.jpg)
Karel Holas
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Year of the Devil (2002)
Family Matters (1990)
Koncert pro Moravu (2021) (concert)
![Eva Asterová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/277/277077_88d2d0.jpg)
Eva Asterová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Signum Laudis (1980)
Love Between the Raindrops (1979)