Themes: Crimes Against Humanity, Life Under Occupation
Main Cast: Miroslav Machacek, Jiri Adamira, Josef Vinklar
Release Year: 1964
Country: CS
Run Time: 100 minutes
Plot
When the Nazis occupied Czechoslovakia, the first thing to happen was the disaffection of all the Jews in professional positions. No longer able to practice medicine, a Jewish physician begins working in a warehouse, biding his time until the war is over. A fellow tenant appeals to the physician to help a political fugitive who has been shot. Forced into a moral conflict, the physician takes the unselfish road and treats the injured man. Unfortunately, not everyone appreciates the sacrifice he has made and the movie depicts the Catch-22 of doing what you have to do and still suffering for it. ~ Tana Hobart, All Movie Guide
Cast
Miroslav Machacek - Dr. Braun
Jiri Adamira - Mr. Vesely
Josef Vinklar - Mr. Fanta
Slavka Budinova - Mrs. Wiener; Cestmir Randa - Dr. Wiener; Olga Scheinpflugova - Music Teacher; Iva Janzurová - Anicka; Mirko Musil; Jiri Pleskot - Husband; Ladislav Potmesil - Vendor; Ilja Prachar - Sidlak; Helena Ruzickova - Masseuse; Jana Brezkova - Girl in Nightclub; Eva Svobodova - Porter's Wife; Frederick Vroom - Police Inspector
Credit
Milan Nejedly - Art Director, Zbynek Brynych - Director, Miroslav Hajek - Editor, Jan Kalis - Cinematographer, Carlo Ponti - Producer, Zbynek Brynych - Screenwriter, Jan Kalis - Screenwriter, Oto Koval - Screenwriter, Ester Krumbachova - Screenwriter, Milan Nejedly - Screenwriter, Hana Belohradska - Short Story Author
