A Leap In The Dark

1964

1h 32m

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Overview

Spring 1943: A three-member group of resistance fighters flies from a Soviet military airport into the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia to establish contacts with an illegal communist center in the occupied territory.

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44 members

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Martin Růžek

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Jaroslav Mareš

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Radoslav Brzobohatý

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Václav Voska

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Miroslav Macháček

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Květoslava Houdlová

Hertl's Wife

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Marie Tomášová

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Vlastimil Hašek

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Eva Sirotková

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Josef Větrovec

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Zdeněk Řehoř

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Alena Hesounová

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Věra Bublíková

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Slávka Budínová

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Vladimír Hlavatý

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Ivo Palec

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Karel Hlušička

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Norbert Chotaš

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Emil Kadeřávek

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Miroslav Kalný

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Václav Kaňkovský

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Lubomír Kostelka

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Vítězslav Černý

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Ladislav Křiváček

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Míla Myslíková

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Jindřich Narenta

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Jarmila Navrátilová

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Jan Pohan

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Ervín Zolar

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Pavel Spálený

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Ivo Foustka

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Zdeněk Novotný

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Karel Plzák

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František Hájek

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Jana Hrdličková

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Miloslav Janovský

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Jan Kouba

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Marian Cingroš

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Václav Podhorský

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Josef Skrčený

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Otakar Sochor

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Václav Voska

Narrator (voice)

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Alena Kreuzmannová

Hertl's Wife (voice)

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Václav Lohniský

Priest (voice)

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