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
![Jaromír Hanzlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/381/161381822_6dd797.jpg)
Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cyrano z Bergeracu (1986) (theatrical recording)
Ikaros' Fall (1977) (TV movie)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
![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)
Sense of Tumour (2024) (series)
Hřbitov pro cizince (1991) (TV movie)
![Marta Vančurová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/857/163857539_573c14.png)
Marta Vančurová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gazdina roba (1992) (theatrical recording)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Joachim, Put It in the Machine (1974)
![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)
![Karel Roden](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/381/161381827_fb6539.jpg)
Karel Roden
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Bourne Supremacy (2004)
The Scarlet Pimpernel (1999) (series)
Marek Ztracený v Edenu (2023) (concert)
![Rudolf Hrušínský ml.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294183_9cba95.jpg)
Rudolf Hrušínský ml.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
![Ladislav Potměšil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268576_e45a8e.jpg)
Ladislav Potměšil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Alexandr Dumas starší (1970) (series)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
![Zdeněk Mucha](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/159/860/159860549_d90973.jpg)
Zdeněk Mucha
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Elementary School (1991)
Rédl (2018) (series)
Family Matters (1990)
![Miroslav Donutil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188680_15ad6f.jpg)
Miroslav Donutil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sluha dvou pánů (2000) (theatrical recording)
Cosy Dens (1999)
Sluha dvou pánů (2010) (theatrical recording)
![Magdalena Reifová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268434_2383c3.jpg)
Magdalena Reifová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Gentlemen Boys (1975)
The Girl on the Broomstick (1971)
Family Matters (1990)
![Ilona Svobodová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/410/161410734_3e42de.jpg)
Ilona Svobodová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Soudné sestry (2007) (theatrical recording)
Merlin aneb Pustá zem (1988) (theatrical recording)
Brouk v hlavě (2002) (TV movie)
![Oldřich Vlach](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/294/164294258_8f2f7e.jpg)
Oldřich Vlach
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Periferie (2017) (theatrical recording)
The Elementary School (1991)
My Sweet Little Village (1985)
![Ivan Jiřík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271376_781190.jpg)
Ivan Jiřík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
Vlci (1990) (TV movie)
Paní Piperová zasahuje (1999) (TV movie)
![Barbora Leichnerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/639/158639937_d6bf17.jpg)
Barbora Leichnerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The End of Old Times (1989)
Family Matters (1990)
Hidden in Silence (1996) (TV movie)
![Miroslav Středa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/394/394580_f3306b.jpg)
Miroslav Středa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hráči (1983) (theatrical recording)
Racek (1976) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
![Daniel Landa](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268594_f367ea.jpg)
Daniel Landa
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Silent Pain (1990)
The Black Barons (1992)
Tajemství (2007) (theatrical recording)
Viktor Malát
Best movies:
Family Matters (1990)
Corpus delicti (1991)
Sólo pro mou ženu (1990) (TV movie)
![Jan Přeučil](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268629_b07711.jpg)
Jan Přeučil
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Muž v pozadí (1995) (series)
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling (1970)
![František Husák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268665_cbcd6b.jpg)
František Husák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Revizor (1971) (theatrical recording)
Jára Cimrman Lying, Sleeping (1983)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![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)