The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)

05/25/2023 (CZ)

Drama, History

A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union

Overview

A drama that tells the story of the physician and politician MUDr. František Kriegel, the hero of the Prague Spring of 1968, who was arrested and kidnapped to Moscow on the night of August 21st together with five leaders of the party and the state (Dubček, Černík, Smrkovský, Špaček and Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who managed to stand up to Brezhnev in Moscow captivity, even under the threat of liquidation, and not to sign the Moscow Protovol which meant agreeing to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Top Billed Cast

Tomáš Töpfer

František Kriegel

Zuzana Mauréry

Riva Krieglová

Adrian Jastraban

Gustav Husák

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Leonid Brezhnev

Alois Švehlík

President Svoboda

Jiří Ployhar

Oldřich Černík

Daniel Heriban

Alexander Dubček

Přemysl Bureš

Josef Smrkovský

Jaroslav Mendel

Vasil Bilak


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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Budget

-

Revenue

-

Keywords

prague spring (1968)

1960s

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