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Feature film — 2023

The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)

6.8Drama — 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.

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Director: Petr Nikolaev

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Cast & crew

Tomáš Töpfer as František Kriegel

Tomáš Töpfer

František Kriegel

Zuzana Mauréry as Riva Krieglová

Zuzana Mauréry

Riva Krieglová

Adrian Jastraban as Gustav Husák

Adrian Jastraban

Gustav Husák

Oleksandr Ihnatusha as Leonid Brezhnev

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Leonid Brezhnev

Alois Švehlík as President Svoboda

Alois Švehlík

President Svoboda

Jiří Ployhar as Oldřich Černík

Jiří Ployhar

Oldřich Černík

Daniel Heriban as Alexander Dubček

Daniel Heriban

Alexander Dubček

Přemysl Bureš as Josef Smrkovský

Přemysl Bureš

Josef Smrkovský

Jaroslav Mendel as Vasil Bilak

Jaroslav Mendel

Vasil Bilak

Zuzana Kajnarová as Zora Hynská

Zuzana Kajnarová

Zora Hynská

Miroslav Táborský as Dr. Smrčka

Miroslav Táborský

Dr. Smrčka

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Lukáš Kantor

Josef Špaček

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