A Life at Stake
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The year is 1941 and the German Nazis rule Bohemia with a free hand. Engineer Otakar Racek is an extremely cautious man who tries to avoid problems at all costs. While some of his colleagues are being arrested by the Gestapo, he receives an offer to become the director of a new department. When he refuses to help the wife of an arrested resistance fighter, his wife Vlasta is shaken. However, she loves him, to the point of even resigning herself to the hatred of Otakar's wealthy mother. One day, Vlasta lets her old acquaintance Ondřej Rýdl, who is on the run from the Gestapo, stay at her house for a few days. The wife passes him off to her husband as a distant relative. However, Otakar succumbs to jealousy and, on his mother's advice, hires a private detective to follow Vlasta. However, the detective is also a Gestapo informant and receives a hefty reward for every arrested resistance fighter...
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Cast
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Karel Höger
Engineer Otakar Racek
Known for
The Fabulous Baron Munchausen
Vlasta Chramostová
Vlasta, Racek's wife
Known for
The Cremator
When the Cat Comes
Jaroslav Someš
Bedřich, the eldest son of the Raceks
Also in
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Jaroslav Drahan
Mirek, the younger son of the Raceks
No other roles listed
Zdeněk Dítě
resistance fighter Ondřej Rýdl
Known for
The Girl on the Broomstick
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Soňa Neumannová
Racková, Otakar's mother
Also in
Ceiling
Sny na neděli
Otomar Krejča
Deputy Rudolf Kadera
Also in
Distant Journey
Man in Outer Space
František Holar
Gestapo
Also in
DS-70 nevyjíždí
A Case for a Rookie Hangman
Jindřich Narenta
Gestapo
Known for
The Ear
Stanislav Neumann
doorman Dobeš
Also in
The Proud Princess
Ferdy The Ant
Josef Bek
supervisor Josef Frouz
Also in
Playing with the Devil
Pomalé šípy
Vlasta Vlasáková
Tonička, Frouz's wife
Also in
The Key
Borisek
Jiří Weiss Director · Karel Josef Beneš Screenplay Jiří Srnka Composer
First release November 23, 1956 · Produced in XC, Czechia · Working title Jediné východisko
Production
Studio hraných filmů
Production
XC · Czechia
Produced in
Jediné východisko
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Languages
Original title
Hra o život
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
XC · November 23, 1956
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Russia
June 22, 1959 · Theatrical
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