The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)

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 togeth...er 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. more

Directing:
  • Petr Nikolaev

Writing:
  • Ivan Fíla

Stars:
Release Date: 2023-05-25
themoviedb icon 1 2 3 4 5 6.3/10
  • Country: CZ, LT, UA
  • Language: Český

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Vasil Bilak
Tomáš Töpfer
Tomáš Töpfer
František Kriegel
Zuzana Mauréry
Zuzana Maurér...
Riva Krieglová
Adrian Jastraban
Adrian Jastra...
Gustav Husák
Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Oleksandr Ihn...
Leonid Brezhnev
Alois Švehlík
Alois Švehlík
President Svoboda
Jiří Ployhar
Jiří Ployhar
Oldřich Černík
Daniel Heriban
Daniel Heriba...
Alexander Dubček
Přemysl Bureš
Přemysl Bureš
Josef Smrkovský
Zuzana Kajnarová
Zuzana Kajnar...
Zora Hynská
Miroslav Táborský
Miroslav Tábo...
Dr. Smrčka
Antonín Kala
Antonín Kala
Drahomír Kolder
Gustav Řezníček
Gustav Řezníč...
Jan Piller
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