Drama · Czechoslovakia · 1960 · 1h 44m

Higher Principle

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Director
Jiří Krejčík
Cast
František Smolík as Profesor Málek Jana Brejchová as Jana Skálová Ivan Mistrík as Vlastík Jan Šmíd as Frantík Alexandr Postler as Karel Petr Kostka as Honza
Crew
Josef Dobřichovský — Editor Zdeněk Liška — Original Music Composer Jan Drda — Screenplay Jiří Krejčík — Screenplay Karel Škvor — Production Design Erna Veselá — Costume Design
Synopsis

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.

Mood & Themes
world war iibased on short storyanti-nazi resistance
Key Collaborators
Jiří Krejčík Director Josef Dobřichovský Editor Zdeněk Liška Original Music Composer Jan Drda Screenplay Jiří Krejčík Screenplay Karel Škvor Production Design Erna Veselá Costume Design Ladislav Tomek Costume Design
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