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Higher Principle
Higher Principle

Higher Principle

Genres

Drama

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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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Budget

$--

Revenue

$--

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

104 mins

Rating

8.2/10

Release Date

23 November 1960

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

František Smolík

František Smolík

Profesor Málek

Jana Brejchová

Jana Brejchová

Jana Skálová

Ivan Mistrík

Ivan Mistrík

Vlastík

Jan Šmíd

Jan Šmíd

Frantík

Alexandr Postler

Alexandr Postler

Karel

Petr Kostka

Petr Kostka

Honza

Radovan Lukavský

Radovan Lukavský

Vondráček

Václav Lohniský

Václav Lohniský

Profesor Richter

Marie Lukášová

Marie Lukášová

profesorka

Miroslav Svoboda

Miroslav Svoboda

profesor

Gustav Hilmar

Gustav Hilmar

Vandas

Bohuš Záhorský

Bohuš Záhorský

Profesor

Marie Vášová

Marie Vášová

Vlastíkova matka

Otomar Krejča

Otomar Krejča

Dr. Skála

Hannjo Hasse

Hannjo Hasse

Komisař Worliczek

František Pálka

František Pálka

Wolf

Nora Houfová

Nora Houfová

Jindřich Narenta

Jindřich Narenta

Rudolf Hrušínský

Rudolf Hrušínský

kolaborant Zajíček

Bedřich Prokoš

Bedřich Prokoš

Marie Glázrová

Marie Glázrová

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

hospodyně

Zuzana Stivínová

Zuzana Stivínová

Stanislava Seimlová

Stanislava Seimlová

Jarmila Kurandová

Jarmila Kurandová

Vladimír Hlavatý

Vladimír Hlavatý

Karel Pavlík

Karel Pavlík

Josef Kozák

Josef Kozák

Jiří Kodet

Jiří Kodet

Elena Hálková

Elena Hálková

Naděžda Gajerová

Naděžda Gajerová

Blažena Slavíčková

Blažena Slavíčková

Jan Skopeček

Jan Skopeček

Štěpán Bulejko

Štěpán Bulejko

Karel Enzmann

Karel Enzmann

Václav Švec

Václav Švec

Rudolf Široký

Rudolf Široký

Ladislav Gzela

Ladislav Gzela

Bohuš Hradil

Bohuš Hradil

František Suk

František Suk

Michal Staninec

Michal Staninec

Libuše Švormová

Libuše Švormová

Jitka Frantová

Jitka Frantová

Luba Skořepová

Luba Skořepová

Elmar Kloss

Elmar Kloss

Jan Kühnmund

Jan Kühnmund

Sheila Och

Sheila Och

Anna Procházková

Anna Procházková

J. Müller

J. Müller

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