The House in Karp Lane

The story

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

Cast & crew

Edith Schultze-WestrumOld Woman Kauders

František FilipovskýOld Man Kauders

Ladislav Kríz

Ladislav KrízEmil Kauders

Wolfgang KielingKarl Marek

Rosel Schäfer

Rosel SchäferOlga Marek

Helmut SchmidLeutnant Slezak

Walter TaubSalomon Laufer

Hana VítováMali Laufer

Peter Herrmann

Peter HerrmannErnst Laufer

Tamara Kafková

Tamara KafkováFrieda Laufer

Martin GregorMarcel Lederer

Margrit Weiler

Margrit WeilerBertha Lederer