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František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his former love Irena, unhappily married to factory owner Ondřej Ráž, seeks his understanding. When he helps plan an escape over the Šumava border, the group’s panic and violence lead to murder, prompting Brych to abandon the scheme and return home with Irena.Read moreLess
František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his former love Irena, unhappily married to factory owner Ondřej Ráž, seeks his understanding. When he helps plan an escape over the Šumava border, the group’s panic and violence lead to murder, prompting Brych to abandon the scheme and return home with Irena.
The story
František Brych, a principled lawyer, refuses to back the new Communist regime at his factory and grows increasingly alienated, even as his former love Irena, unhappily married to factory owner Ondřej Ráž, seeks his understanding. When he helps plan an escape over the Šumava border, the group’s panic and violence lead to murder, prompting Brych to abandon the scheme and return home with Irena.
Cast & crew
Karel HögerLawyer Frantisek Brych
Vlasta FialováIrena
Otomar Krejča
Zdeněk ŠtěpánekMizina
Jaroslav PrůchaBartos
Jan PivecSaska
Vladimír RážBoris Tajchman
Miloš KopeckýKamil Tajchman
Bohuš ZáhorskýKalous
Jiřina ŠejbalováKalousová
Blanka BohdanováRia, daughter of the Kalous
Valentina ThielováHelenaExplore the crew
- Screenplay
- Otakar Vávra
- Screenplay
- Jan Otčenášek
- Original Music Composer
- Jiří Srnka
- Editor
- Antonín Zelenka
- Director
- Otakar Vávra
- Director of Photography
- Jan Kališ