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Higher Principle
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Higher Principle

1960-11-23 · 104 min · ★ 8.2

Drama

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.

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Directors
Jiří Krejčík
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

František SmolíkFrantišek SmolíkProfesor Málek
Jana BrejchováJana BrejchováJana Skálová
Ivan MistríkIvan MistríkVlastík
Jan ŠmídFrantík
Alexandr PostlerAlexandr PostlerKarel
Petr KostkaPetr KostkaHonza
Radovan LukavskýRadovan LukavskýVondráček
Václav LohniskýVáclav LohniskýProfesor Richter
Marie Lukášováprofesorka
Miroslav SvobodaMiroslav Svobodaprofesor
Gustav HilmarGustav HilmarVandas
Bohuš ZáhorskýBohuš ZáhorskýProfesor
Marie VášováMarie VášováVlastíkova matka
Otomar KrejčaOtomar KrejčaDr. Skála
Hannjo HasseHannjo HasseKomisař Worliczek
František PálkaWolf
Nora Houfová
Jindřich NarentaJindřich Narenta
Rudolf HrušínskýRudolf Hrušínskýkolaborant Zajíček
Bedřich ProkošBedřich Prokoš

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