The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)

A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union

Directed by Petr NikolaevDrama,History

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.

Rated
MA 15+
Year
2023
Country
CZ
Language
Czech
Release date
25 May 2023
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6.8 (10)
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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
L
Lukáš Kantor
Josef Špaček
Antonín Kala
Antonín Kala
Drahomír Kolder
Gustav Řezníček
Gustav Řezníček
Jan Piller
J
Jan Fiala
Alois Indra
O
Oleksandr Klauning
Kosigyn
S
Sergei Dashevsky

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