The story of a barely grown man who lives as a fresh postulant before vows in a community of monks. He not only shares with his brothers their world of contemplation, but also, as a link in a long chain, he takes those persecuted by the communist regime across the border to Germany. On one night's return, he witnesses a ruthless crackdown on a group of students fleeing from a nearby village where they had been on compulsory work experience. And not only that: that night, a community of monks is also liquidated in Action K (April 1950), and the returning Christopher witnesses their transport without being able to help his comrades.
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Mikuláš Bukovjan
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Dávid Uzsák
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Alexandra Borbély
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Luboš Veselý
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Stanislav Majer
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Eva Podzimková
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Éva Bandor
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Peter Šimun
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Marián Mitaš
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Marek Pospíchal
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Marek Geišberg
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Zdeněk Jiráský Director · Kristián Suda Screenplay Michal Černý Cinematographer
First release September 20, 2021 · Produced in Czechia, Slovakia
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Czechia · Slovakia
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Original language
Czech
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Czech
Release dates
Czechia · September 20, 2021
Premiere · Prague International Film Festival - Febiofest
Czechia · October 21, 2021
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Slovakia
April 21, 2022 · Theatrical
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