Overview
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Jiří KrejčíkScreenplay
- Jan DrdaScreenplay
- Original title
- Vyšší princip
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- November 23, 1960
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Czechoslovakia
Production
Cast
František SmolíkProfesor Málek
Jana BrejchováJana Skálová
Ivan MistríkVlastík- Jan ŠmídFrantík
Alexandr PostlerKarel
Petr KostkaHonza
Radovan LukavskýVondráček
Václav LohniskýProfesor Richter- Marie Lukášováprofesorka
Miroslav Svobodaprofesor
Gustav HilmarVandas
Bohuš ZáhorskýProfesor
Marie VášováVlastíkova matka
Otomar KrejčaDr. Skála
Hannjo HasseKomisař Worliczek- František PálkaWolf
- Nora Houfová
Jindřich Narenta
Rudolf Hrušínskýkolaborant Zajíček
Bedřich Prokoš
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