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The Man Who Stood In the Way

"A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union"

2023-05-25 Drama n/a

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.

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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.

  • Released
    2023-05-25
  • Revenue
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  • Budget
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  • Runtime
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  • Genre
    Drama, History
  • Status
    Released
  • Language
    Český
  • imdb-logo
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  • Production
    Bio Illusion, Artbox, Insight Media Producing Center

Crew

Petr Nikolaev
Director
Ivan Fíla
Writer

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Cast

Tomáš Töpfer

Tomáš Töpfer

František Kriegel
Zuzana Mauréry

Zuzana Mauréry

Riva Krieglová
Adrian Jastraban

Adrian Jastraban

Gustav Husák
Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Leonid Brezhnev
Alois Švehlík

Alois Švehlík

President Svoboda
Jiří Ployhar

Jiří Ployhar

Oldřich Černík
Daniel Heriban

Daniel Heriban

Alexander Dubček
Přemysl Bureš

Přemysl Bureš

Josef Smrkovský
Jaroslav Mendel

Jaroslav Mendel

Vasil Bilak
Zuzana Kajnarová

Zuzana Kajnarová

Zora Hynská
Lukáš Kantor

Lukáš Kantor

Josef Špaček
Antonín Kala

Antonín Kala

Drahomír Kolder
Jan Fiala

Jan Fiala

Alois Indra

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