Higher Principle

1960

1h 44m

8.2(17 votes)

Drama

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.

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49 members

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František Smolík

Profesor Málek

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Jana Brejchová

Jana Skálová

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Ivan Mistrík

Vlastík

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Jan Šmíd

Frantík

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Alexandr Postler

Karel

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Petr Kostka

Honza

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Radovan Lukavský

Vondráček

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Václav Lohniský

Profesor Richter

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Marie Lukášová

profesorka

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Miroslav Svoboda

profesor

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Gustav Hilmar

Vandas

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Bohuš Záhorský

Profesor

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Marie Vášová

Vlastíkova matka

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Otomar Krejča

Dr. Skála

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Hannjo Hasse

Komisař Worliczek

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František Pálka

Wolf

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Nora Houfová

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Jindřich Narenta

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Rudolf Hrušínský

kolaborant Zajíček

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Bedřich Prokoš

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Marie Glázrová

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Věra Tichánková

hospodyně

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Zuzana Stivínová

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Stanislava Seimlová

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Jarmila Kurandová

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Vladimír Hlavatý

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Karel Pavlík

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Josef Kozák

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Jiří Kodet

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Elena Hálková

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Naděžda Gajerová

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Blažena Slavíčková

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Jan Skopeček

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Štěpán Bulejko

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Karel Enzmann

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Václav Švec

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Rudolf Široký

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Ladislav Gzela

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Bohuš Hradil

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František Suk

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Michal Staninec

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Libuše Švormová

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Jitka Frantová

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Luba Skořepová

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Elmar Kloss

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Jan Kühnmund

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Sheila Och

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Anna Procházková

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J. Müller

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