The High Wall
7.2
Jitka is a 12-year-old girl who feels the first stirring of love. She becomes friends with a young man who is hospitalized with paralysis. Jitka visits the man every day and witnesses his slow recovery, but she is unaware that she could have deeper feelings for him.
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Cast
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Radka Dulíková
Jitka
Also in
Profesoři za školou
Dobrá čtvrť
Vít Olmer
Mladík
Known for
The Bridge at Remagen
Beauty and the Beast
Karel Kachyňa
Jan Novák
Helena Kružíková
Jitka's mother
Also in
Plavení hříbat
Slovácko sa nesúdí
Jan Procházka
Jan Chaloupek
Václav Lohniský
Caretaker
Known for
Marecek, Pass Me the Pen!
Adela Has Not Had Supper Yet
Leoš Karen
Ivana Bílková
Graduate nurse
Also in
The Hope
All My Good Countrymen
Josef Vaniš
Josef Koza
Attendant
Known for
Black Peter
Karel Kachyňa Director · Jan Procházka Screenplay Jan Novák Composer
First release June 19, 1964 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
XC
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Original title
Vysoká zeď
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · June 19, 1964
XC · June 19, 1964
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Finland
January 6, 1966 · Theatrical
Germany
March 4, 1966 · Theatrical
Hungary
December 2, 1965
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