The Man Who Stood In the Way

The Man Who Stood In the Way

A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union

2023 cs 0 minutes

Rating: 6.2

Plot

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 together 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.

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Cast

Tomáš Töpfer

Tomáš Töpfer

František Kriegel

Zuzana Mauréry

Zuzana Mauréry

Riva Krieglová

Adrian Jastraban

Adrian Jastraban

Gustav Husák

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Leonid Brezhnev

Alois Švehlík

Alois Švehlík

President Svoboda

Jiří Ployhar

Jiří Ployhar

Oldřich Černík

Daniel Heriban

Daniel Heriban

Alexander Dubček

Přemysl Bureš

Přemysl Bureš

Josef Smrkovský

Jaroslav Mendel

Jaroslav Mendel

Vasil Bilak

Zuzana Kajnarová

Zuzana Kajnarová

Zora Hynská

Miroslav Táborský

Miroslav Táborský

Dr. Smrčka

Lukáš Kantor

Lukáš Kantor

Josef Špaček

Antonín Kala

Antonín Kala

Drahomír Kolder

Gustav Řezníček

Gustav Řezníček

Jan Piller

Jan Fiala

Jan Fiala

Alois Indra

Oleksandr Klauning

Oleksandr Klauning

Kosigyn

Sergei Dashevsky

Sergei Dashevsky

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