Higher Principle

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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.

Keywords

world war ii
based on short story
anti-nazi resistance

Details

Status: Released
Release date: November 23, 1960
Original language: Czech
Spoken languages: Czech
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Ivan Mistrík,Rudolf Široký,Věra Tichánková,Otomar Krejča,Jindřich Narenta,Hannjo Hasse,Luba Skořepová,Naděžda Gajerová,Anna Procházková,Libuše Švormováand 39 more
Director: Jiří Krejčík
Writer: Jiří Krejčík,Jan Drda,Miloš Brož
Producer: Jaromír Ptáček
Music: Zdeněk Liška
Budget: Not recorded
Revenue: Not recorded
IMDb: tt0054451