Higher Principle

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.

Release date

Nov 23, 1960

Rating

8.026 / 10

Runtime

1 hours 44 minutes

Genres

Drama

Cast

František Smolík
As Profesor Málek
Jana Brejchová
As Jana Skálová
Ivan Mistrík
As Vlastík
Jan Šmíd
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As Frantík
Alexandr Postler
As Karel
Petr Kostka
As Honza
Radovan Lukavský
As Vondráček
Václav Lohniský
As Profesor Richter
Marie Lukášová
No picture available
As profesorka
Miroslav Svoboda
No picture available
As profesor
Gustav Hilmar
As Vandas
Bohuš Záhorský
As Profesor
Marie Vášová
As Vlastíkova matka
Otomar Krejča
As Dr. Skála
Hannjo Hasse
As Komisař Worliczek
František Pálka
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As Wolf
Nora Houfová
No picture available
As
Jindřich Narenta
As
Rudolf Hrušínský
As kolaborant Zajíček
Bedřich Prokoš
As
Marie Glázrová
As
Věra Tichánková
As hospodyně
Zuzana Stivínová
As
Stanislava Seimlová
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As
Jarmila Kurandová
As
Vladimír Hlavatý
As
Karel Pavlík
No picture available
As
Josef Kozák
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As
Jiří Kodet
As
Elena Hálková
As
Naděžda Gajerová
No picture available
As
Blažena Slavíčková
No picture available
As
Jan Skopeček
As
Štěpán Bulejko
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As
Karel Enzmann
No picture available
As
Václav Švec
No picture available
As
Rudolf Široký
No picture available
As
Ladislav Gzela
No picture available
As
Bohuš Hradil
As
František Suk
No picture available
As
Michal Staninec
No picture available
As
Libuše Švormová
As
Jitka Frantová
No picture available
As
Luba Skořepová
As
Elmar Kloss
As
Jan Kühnmund
No picture available
As
Sheila Och
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As
Anna Procházková
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As
J. Müller
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As

Crew

Jaromír Ptáček
No picture available
Role: Executive Producer
Miloš Brož
No picture available
Role: Creative Producer
Karel Škvor
No picture available
Role: Production Design
Jiří Pavlík
No picture available
Role: Sound
Erna Veselá
No picture available
Role: Costume Design
Jiří Krejčík
Role: Director
Jaroslav Tuzar
No picture available
Role: Camera Operator
Jan Drda
No picture available
Role: Screenplay
Jiří Krejčík
Role: Screenplay
Zdeněk Liška
No picture available
Role: Original Music Composer
Jan Drda
No picture available
Role: Short Story
Ladislav Tomek
No picture available
Role: Costume Design
Libuše Švejdová
No picture available
Role: Makeup & Hair
František Milič
No picture available
Role: Production Manager
Věra Ženíšková
No picture available
Role: First Assistant Director
Miroslav Kubišta
No picture available
Role: Assistant Director
Slávka Tišnovská
No picture available
Role: Costumer
Josef Dobřichovský
No picture available
Role: Editor
Ivan Šlapeta
No picture available
Role: Assistant Camera
Otakar Košťál
No picture available
Role: Makeup & Hair
František Valert
No picture available
Role: Assistant Camera
Věra Kadlecová
No picture available
Role: Unit Production Manager
Milan Novák
No picture available
Role: Makeup & Hair
Václav Štědronský
No picture available
Role: Set Decoration
František Belfín
No picture available
Role: Conductor

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