Days of Betrayal
5.5
This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
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Part of Válečná trilogie
3 films
Cast
290 people
Jiří Pleskot
Also in
Luzie, der Schrecken der Straße
Searching
Bohumil Pastorek
Also in
Soldiers of Freedom
The Secret of the Wicker Basket
Ladislav Kalaš
Jaromír Šofr
Otakar Vávra
Also in
The Great Movie Robbery
Miloslav Fábera
Gunnar Möller
Also in
Huckleberry Finn and His Friends
Mussolini: The Untold Story
Zdeněk Liška
Gustav Rohan
Bohus Pastorek
Klement Gottwald
Jaroslav Radimecký
Also in
Vertigo
Dark Sun
Martin Gregor
Known for
The Shop on Main Street
Otakar Vávra Director · Miloslav Fábera Screenplay Zdeněk Liška Composer
First release January 1, 1973 · Produced in XC · Production Barrandov Studios
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
Production
Barrandov Studios
Production
XC
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Languages
Original title
Dny zrady
Original language
Czech
Spoken on screen
Czech
Release dates
Czechia · January 1, 1973
XC · April 27, 1973
Theatrical
No release date listed for United States.
Germany
September 21, 1973
Hungary
October 4, 1973
Poland
May 1, 1974
Russia
July 1, 1973 · Moscow Film Festival
Slovakia
April 1, 1973
XC
March 22, 1973 · Premiere · Prague
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