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Directed by:
Václav WassermanComposer:
Jiří Julius FialaCast:
Jaroslav Vojta, Marie Nademlejnská, Vladimír Salač, Eliška Kuchařová, Jiří Krchňavý, František Kreuzmann st., Ladislav Herbert Struna, Gustav Hilmar (more)Plots(1)
A resistance movement is formed soon after the country is occupied by the German army in 1939. Colonel Jánský and Lieutenant Mašek hide a transmitter and weapons in an abandoned quarry. They are aided by people from the nearby small town of Křemenec - the gamekeeper Severa and the ferryman Svoboda and his elder son. The German army has moved into Křemenec. The only person glad of their presence is the grocer Krejza and his wife coming from Sudetenland. Jánský is arrested in Prague. Mašek manages to escape on his return. Krejza denounces the publican, ferryman and his son, and the gamekeeper with his wife to the Gestapo and the secret policemen come to arrest them. During this tragic event, Eva, Jánský's daughter, comes to visit the ferryman and his son. Svoboda's daughter Anička runs to the gamekeeper's lodge to warn her. She does not know that it is too late and that the lodge is occupied by Germans. A German soldier tries to rape Anička but her mother intervenes. Yet the Germans kill her in the forest as she escapes. Mašek decides to escape with his wife across the border. They stop in Křemenec for Eva who has been left on her own. Before they go, Mašek seeks out Krejza and, as punishment for the death of the Czech patriots, shoots him dead. (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Jaroslav Vojta](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268858_c8a226.jpg)
Jaroslav Vojta
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
![Marie Nademlejnská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/559/164559075_4de034.jpg)
Marie Nademlejnská
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
![Vladimír Salač](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/166/160/166160408_8e4604.jpg)
Vladimír Salač
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
Charleyova teta (1969) (theatrical recording)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
![Eliška Kuchařová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275627_69dfa3.jpg)
Eliška Kuchařová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Barbora Hlavsová (1942)
The Hordubals (1937)
![František Kreuzmann st.](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/270/270437_286c58.jpg)
František Kreuzmann st.
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Lišák Pseudolus (1960) (TV movie)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
![Ladislav Herbert Struna](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274560_cf17a6.jpg)
Ladislav Herbert Struna
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Nebe a dudy (1941)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
The Sins of Love (1929)
![Gustav Hilmar](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/271/271653_eb356c.jpg)
Gustav Hilmar
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Journey into the Depth of the Student's Soul (1939)
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
![Pavla Vrbenská](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275894_ffaebe.jpg)
Pavla Vrbenská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Saturday (1944)
Men Without Wings (1946)
Jarní píseň (1944)
![František Roland](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274840_88153a.jpg)
František Roland
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
School Is the Foundation of Life (1938)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
Baron Munchhausen (1940)
![Jaroslav Zrotal](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274498_ca2e39.jpg)
Jaroslav Zrotal
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Capek's Tales (1947)
Alena (1947)
![Libuše Zemková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268519_c49413.jpg)
Libuše Zemková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jan Žižka (1955)
A Week in the Quiet House (1947)
Lost in the Suburbs (1948)
![Eduard Linkers](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/273/273688_3844b8.jpg)
Eduard Linkers
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Krakatit (1948)
Steppenwolf (1974)
Mr. Arkadin (1955)
![František Marek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274549_a4b4a2.jpg)
František Marek
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Good Soldier Schweik (1956)
The Good Soldier Schweik 2: Beg to Report, Sir (1957)
Krakatit (1948)
![Ota Motyčka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274550_4efc90.jpg)
Ota Motyčka
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
The Emperor's Baker - The Baker's Emperor (1951)
Today for the Last Time (1958)
Poslední mohykán (1947)
![František Miška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275637_2652e3.jpg)
František Miška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
I Survived Certain Death (1960)
When the Woman Butts In (1959)
That Kind of Love (1959)
![Jaroslav Seník](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/274/274264_40e002.jpg)
Jaroslav Seník
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Poslední mohykán (1947)
The Proud Princess (1952)
Distant Journey (1948)
![Radovan Lukavský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268632_0d32e7.jpg)
Radovan Lukavský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Higher Principle (1960)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
Sňatky z rozumu (1968) (series)
![Ferdinand Jarkovský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/275/275604_b8b223.jpg)
Ferdinand Jarkovský
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
He Stood at the Till (1939)
Ducháček Will Fix It (1938)
The Blue Star Hotel (1941)
![Zdeněk Hodr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268691_1a242e.jpg)
Zdeněk Hodr
Austria-Hungary
Best movies:
Witchhammer (1969)
Mnoho povyku pro nic (1972) (theatrical recording)
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen (1961)