Screenplay:
Ján MináčCinematography:
Karol KrškaComposer:
Ján ZimmerCast:
Ladislav Chudík, Naďa Hejná, Rudolf Bachlet, Eduard Bindas, Viktor Blaho, Hilda Augustovičová, Míla Beran, Ľudovít Greššo, Ján Mildner, Jozef Dóczy (more)Plots(1)
A drama from the Slovak National Uprising. In a small Slovak village a German soldier kills his friend in a fight and then spends the night with a woman in her house. The sadistic SS commandant takes ten hostages for the two lost soldiers. After the main culprit appears again, the hostages are given a cruel task - to choose five from among them, whose lives will be spared. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![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)
![Naďa Hejná](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/779/157779001_6f307c.jpg)
Naďa Hejná
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Marketa Lazarová (1967)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Rudolf Bachlet
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jánošík (1935)
Zemianska česť (1957)
Maroško (1968) (TV movie)
![Eduard Bindas](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/778/157778973_296ea0.jpg)
Eduard Bindas
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Raz, dva, tri (1985) (TV movie)
![Viktor Blaho](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/261/160261433_f20386.jpg)
Viktor Blaho
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Lekár umierajúceho času (1983) (series)
Hernani (1967) (TV movie)
![Hilda Augustovičová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272626_d60bbc.jpg)
Hilda Augustovičová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Statky zmätky (2009) (theatrical recording)
Captain Dabac (1959)
V hodine dvanástej (1958)
Míla Beran
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
Rose Tinted Dreams (1976)
Wolves' Lairs (1948)
![Ľudovít Greššo](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/386/386674_eb9ca1.jpg)
Ľudovít Greššo
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
![Ján Mildner](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/188/158188073_3daccb.jpg)
Ján Mildner
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989)
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Vianoce Adama Boronču (1988) (TV movie)
![Jozef Dóczy](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/272/272608_970b9e.jpg)
Jozef Dóczy
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
Louis Pasteur (1977) (TV movie)
Canarisova krvavá hviezda (1966) (TV movie)
![Vilma Jamnická](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270826_079d7c.jpg)
Vilma Jamnická
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Kubo (1965) (TV movie)
![Slávo Drozd](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/158/573/158573227_fa2e2b.jpg)
Slávo Drozd
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Copper Tower (1970)
Hernani (1967) (TV movie)
Canarisova krvavá hviezda (1966) (TV movie)
![Emil Horváth st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271111_11f738.jpg)
Emil Horváth st.
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Millennial Bee (1983)
Ja, stará mama, Iliko a Illarion (1988) (TV movie)
Naši synovia (1975) (series)
![Eva Mária Chalupová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/157/987/157987363_81e76f.jpg)
Eva Mária Chalupová
Slovak state
Best movies:
Midnight Mass (1962)
Red Wine (1976) (TV movie)
Koniec a začiatok (1968) (TV movie)
![Július Vašek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268732_1a42c0.jpg)
Július Vašek
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Sváko Ragan (1976) (TV movie)
The Copper Tower (1970)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Michal Belák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Dvanásť nahnevaných mužov (1979) (TV movie)
Midnight Mass (1962)
The Ballad on the Seven Hanged (1968) (TV movie)
Alexander Kautnik
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Maroško (1968) (TV movie)
The Deserter and the Nomads (1968)
Dies irae (1984) (TV movie)
Ernest Pauš
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jánošík I., II. (1963)
Forty-Four Mutineers (1957)
Captain Dabac (1959)
![Mária Bancíková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/093/885/93885937_03fd91.jpg)
Mária Bancíková
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Jánošík (1935)
Jerguš Lapin (1960)
V hodine dvanástej (1958)