

Higher Principle
Genres
Overview
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.
Details
Budget
$0
Revenue
$0
Runtime
104 min
Release Date
1960-11-23
Status
Released
Original Language
Czech
Vote Count
17
Vote Average
8.2
František Smolík
Profesor Málek
Jana Brejchová
Jana Skálová
Ivan Mistrík
Vlastík
Jan Šmíd
Frantík
Alexandr Postler
Karel
Petr Kostka
Honza
Radovan Lukavský
Vondráček
Václav Lohniský
Profesor Richter
Marie Lukášová
profesorka
Miroslav Svoboda
profesor
Gustav Hilmar
Vandas
Bohuš Záhorský
Profesor
Marie Vášová
Vlastíkova matka
Otomar Krejča
Dr. Skála
Hannjo Hasse
Komisař Worliczek
František Pálka
Wolf
Nora Houfová
Jindřich Narenta
Rudolf Hrušínský
kolaborant Zajíček
Bedřich Prokoš
Marie Glázrová
Věra Tichánková
hospodyně
Zuzana Stivínová
Stanislava Seimlová
Jarmila Kurandová
Vladimír Hlavatý
Karel Pavlík
Josef Kozák
Jiří Kodet
Elena Hálková
Naděžda Gajerová
Blažena Slavíčková
Jan Skopeček
Štěpán Bulejko
Karel Enzmann
Václav Švec
Rudolf Široký
Ladislav Gzela
Bohuš Hradil
František Suk
Michal Staninec
Libuše Švormová
Jitka Frantová
Luba Skořepová
Elmar Kloss
Jan Kühnmund
Sheila Och
Anna Procházková
J. Müller
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