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The Man Who Stood In the Way

Released: 2023-05-25
Homepage: https://bioillusion.com/project/the-man-who-stood-in-the-way/
Studios: Bio Illusion, Artbox, Insight Media Producing Center,


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.

Director / Directors



Cast

Tomáš Töpfer
Character: František Kriegel
Zuzana Mauréry
Character: Riva Krieglová
Adrian Jastraban
Character: Gustav Husák

Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Character: Leonid Brezhnev
Alois Švehlík
Character: President Svoboda
Jiří Ployhar
Character: Oldřich Černík

Daniel Heriban
Character: Alexander Dubček
Přemysl Bureš
Character: Josef Smrkovský
Jaroslav Mendel
Character: Vasil Bilak

Zuzana Kajnarová
Character: Zora Hynská
Miroslav Táborský
Character: Dr. Smrčka
Lukáš Kantor
Character: Josef Špaček

Antonín Kala
Character: Drahomír Kolder
Gustav Řezníček
Character: Jan Piller
Jan Fiala
Character: Alois Indra

Oleksandr Klauning
Character: Kosigyn


Production and Crew


Jan Vlček
Production Design
Andriy Suyarko
Co-Producer

Ramūnas Greičius
Director of Photography

Andrea Králová
Costume Design
Volodymyr Filippov
Art Direction