In 1951, the well-known Czech actress Jiřina Štěpničková receives a letter from Austria from director František Čáp, who has recently emigrated. He invites her to the West and promises her roles in theater and film. She decides to seize the opportunity and flee. Together with a small group of people and her young son Jirka, she entrusts herself to a smuggler and embarks on a risky journey across the border. But something goes wrong. They are caught. Everything had been planned in advance. The smuggler himself is a member of the StB. But that's only the beginning.
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Zuzana Stivínová
Jiřina Štěpničková
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Viktor Polesný Director · Šárka Maixnerová Author Zdenek Merta Composer
First release February 16, 2020 · Produced in Czechia
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Česká televize
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Czechia
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Czech
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Czech
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Czechia · February 16, 2020
TV · ČT1
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