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The World Knows Nothing
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The World Knows Nothing

1988-09-01 · 108 min · ★ 4.2

Drama

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party.

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

Top Cast

Emil HorváthEmil HorváthTomás Jakl
Petra VančíkováPetra VančíkováViola
Magda VášáryováMagda VášáryováJirina
Radoslav BrzobohatýRadoslav BrzobohatýPavláčka
Milan KňažkoMilan KňažkoJindrich
Jiří OrnestJiří OrnestStach
Jana ŠvandováJana ŠvandováWally
Evelyna SteimarováEvelyna SteimarováLída
František HusákFrantišek HusákKolda
Jan TeplýJan TeplýHikl
Ladislav LakomýLadislav LakomýLojda
František ŘehákFrantišek ŘehákWerner
Alena KreuzmannováAlena KreuzmannováJaklová
Bohumil VávraJakl
Milan RiehsBank governor
Miloslav Štibich
Hana ČížkováHana Čížková
Karel Bělohradský
Dora Boková
Pavel Grégr

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