Sudetenland, May 1945. A group of retreating German soldiers capture a group of young female workers, totally deployed in a chemical factory. He wants to use them as hostages during his advance to the American demarcation line. Together with them, they take refuge in a nearby castle, which soon becomes the site of the last battle that takes place both in the minds and in the backdrop of war-torn Czechoslovakia, shortly before liberation. A psychological probe as well as an intimate drama set within the walls of a small castle, it is a mosaic of mini-stories charting the fates, attitudes and thought processes of individual characters on both sides of the barricade.
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Eduard Cupák
Known for
Witchhammer
Vítězslav Jandák
Known for
Three Wishes for Cinderella
Veronika Gajerová
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Místo nahoře
Dobrá čtvrť
Zdeňka Sajfertová
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A Prague Underworld
Fatherland
Eva Salzmannová
Also in
Agáta
Boot Called Melichar
Eva Hodinová
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Pavučina
Mirek n'est pas parti
Miriam Chytilová
Also in
Amadeus
The Secret of the Wicker Basket
Yvetta Kornová
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Johann Sebastian Bach
The Fair Is Here
Kateřina Lojdová
Also in
The Octopuses from the Second Floor
Chlapci a chlapi
Michal Pavlata
Also in
A Prague Underworld
The Czech Century
Daniel Netušil
Also in
A Prague Underworld
Den velkého ticha
Jaroslav Kohút
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Zjasnělá noc
Náš dědek Josef
Antonín Kopřiva Director · Otakar Chaloupka Screenplay Miroslav Jelínek Composer
First release December 1, 1985 · Produced in XC
Production
Filmové studio Barrandov
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XC
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Original language
Czech
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Czech
Release dates
XC · December 1, 1985
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