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Higher Principle

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19601h 44m8.2/ 10 · TMDB · 22 votes
Drama

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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Directed by Jiří Krejčík

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Ansh Kapoor

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The people behind the story

František Smolík
František Smolík

Profesor Málek

Jana Brejchová
Jana Brejchová

Jana Skálová

Ivan Mistrík
Ivan Mistrík

Vlastík

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

profesorka

Miroslav Svoboda

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Film details

Released23 Nov 1960
Original languageCzech
CountriesCzechoslovakia
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Miroslav Svoboda

profesor

Gustav Hilmar
Gustav Hilmar

Vandas

Bohuš Záhorský
Bohuš Záhorský

Profesor