The World Knows Nothing

1988

1h 48m

3.5(2 votes)

Drama

Overview

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party.

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50 members

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Emil Horváth

Tomás Jakl

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Petra Vančíková

Viola

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Magda Vášáryová

Jirina

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Radoslav Brzobohatý

Pavláčka

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Milan Kňažko

Jindrich

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Jiří Ornest

Stach

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Jana Švandová

Wally

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Evelyna Steimarová

Lída

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František Husák

Kolda

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Jan Teplý

Hikl

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Ladislav Lakomý

Lojda

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František Řehák

Werner

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Alena Kreuzmannová

Jaklová

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Bohumil Vávra

Jakl

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Milan Riehs

Bank governor

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Miloslav Štibich

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Hana Čížková

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Karel Bělohradský

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Dora Boková

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Pavel Grégr

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Hana Jarošová

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Jaroslav Konšal

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Miloslav Mejzlík

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Jaroslav Vozáb

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Marcela Baťková

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Jana Kolenatá

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Ivana Krystlíková

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Vratislav Marek

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František Biňovec

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Milan Groh

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J. Hamza

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Václav Hátle

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Petr Ittner

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Augustin Kraus

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Miroslav Kudrnovský

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J. Moravec

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Antonín Cingl

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Jiří Kauders

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Miloš Vychytil

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František Zelenka

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T. Brožek

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Roman Finger

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M. Jersák

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Tomáš Kapek

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Lubor Krása

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Marcel Vlček

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Milan Slabihoud

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Pavel Vangeli

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Gaston Šubert

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Milan Pěkný

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