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The Man Who Stood In the Way

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2023-05-250h 0m

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A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union

A drama that tells the story of the physician and politician MUDr. František Kriegel, the hero of the Prague Spring of 1968, who was arrested and kidnapped to Moscow on the night of August 21st together with five leaders of the party and the state (Dubček, Černík, Smrkovský, Špaček and Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who managed to stand up to Brezhnev in Moscow captivity, even under the threat of liquidation, and not to sign the Moscow Protovol which meant agreeing to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.

Directors
Petr Nikolaev
Writters
Ivan Fíla

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  1. Tomáš Töpfer

    Tomáš Töpfer

    František Kriegel

  2. Zuzana Mauréry

    Zuzana Mauréry

    Riva Krieglová

  3. Adrian Jastraban

    Adrian Jastraban

    Gustav Husák

  4. Oleksandr Ihnatusha

    Oleksandr Ihnatusha

    Leonid Brezhnev

  5. Alois Švehlík

    Alois Švehlík

    President Svoboda

  6. Jiří Ployhar

    Jiří Ployhar

    Oldřich Černík

  7. Daniel Heriban

    Daniel Heriban

    Alexander Dubček

  8. Přemysl Bureš

    Přemysl Bureš

    Josef Smrkovský

  9. Jaroslav Mendel

    Jaroslav Mendel

    Vasil Bilak

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    Status
    Released
    Original Language
    Czech
    Budget
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    Revenue
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    Keywords
    prague spring (1968)1960s