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A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of "mishaps" delays their escape.Read moreLess
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of "mishaps" delays their escape.
The story
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of "mishaps" delays their escape.
Cast & crew
Jiří AdamíraBedřich Branske
Martin RůžekHerrmann Cohen
Lenka FišerováKateřina Horovitzová
Miloš Nedbalrabín z Lodže Dajem
Čestmír ŘandaLudvík Rappaport
Ilja PrachařOskar Löwenstein
Felix le BreuxValter Taubenstock
Vladimír RážFreddy Klarfeld
Vladimír HlavatýHugo Varacky
Otto Šimánekkrejčí
Jiří BruderSchillinger
Antonín MolčíkSepp HojerExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Arnošt Lustig
- Original Music Composer
- Luboš Fišer
- Director of Photography
- Jiří Kadaňka
- Screenplay
- Vladislav Čejchan
- Editor
- Jan Chaloupek
- Director
- Antonín Moskalyk