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Marathon

1968-12-31 · 103 min · ★ 5.6

Comedy · Drama · War

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.

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Directors
Ivo Novák
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Jaromír HanzlíkJaromír Hanzlík
Jana BrejchováJana Brejchová
Vladimír MenšíkVladimír Menšík
Karel HögerKarel Höger
Zdeněk ŠtěpánekZdeněk Štěpánek
Petr KostkaPetr Kostka
Bohuš ZáhorskýBohuš Záhorský
Ivan MistríkIvan Mistrík
Svatopluk MatyášSvatopluk Matyáš
Radoslav BrzobohatýRadoslav Brzobohatý
František PeterkaFrantišek Peterka
Přemysl Kočí
Josef LangmilerJosef Langmiler
Josef VětrovecJosef Větrovec
Jan Cmíral
Vít OlmerVít Olmer
Štěpán Bulejko
Jaroslav MarešJaroslav Mareš
Jan SkopečekJan Skopeček
Čestmír ŘandaČestmír Řanda

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