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Until The Rooster Crows
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Until The Rooster Crows

1972-05-22 · 94 min · ★ 8.0

Drama · TV Movie · War

Existentialist drama based on the play of the same name by the Slovak writer Ivan Bukovčan. The story of ten apparently randomly selected people placed in a beer hall of a small town during the Nazi occupation of Slovakia. Slowly, facts begin to emerge, characters are drawn, and the story begins to gather a dangerous pace.

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Directors
Jozef Palka
Production companies
Československá televízia Bratislava
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ladislav ChudíkLadislav Chudík
Jozef KronerJozef Kroner
Samuel Adamčík
Terézia Kronerová
František DibarboraFrantišek Dibarbora
Vladimír Durdík
Elena Zvaríková-PappováElena Zvaríková-Pappová
Oľga Sýkorová
Jozef AdamovičJozef Adamovič
Božidara TurzonovováBožidara Turzonovová
Juraj SlezáčekJuraj Slezáček

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