The read
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do. It runs a compact 1h 7m.
Synopsis
Two Jewish boys escape from a train transporting them from one concentration camp to another. Beyond themes of war and anti-Nazism, the film concerns itself with man's struggle to preserve human dignity.
Ratings
IMDb7.3/10
Rotten Tomatoes92%
Critics rate it 19 points higher than audiences do.
76 audience votes
Key crew
- Jan NěmecScreenplay
- Arnošt LustigScreenplay
- Jan NěmecDirector
Cast
- Ladislav JanskýThe First
- Antonín KumberaThe Second
- Ilse BischofováThe Woman
- Jan ŘíhaCast
- Ivan AsičCast
- August BischofCast
- Josef KoggelCast
- Oskar MüllerCast
- Anton SchichCast
- Rudolf StolleCast
- Josef KoblížekCast
- Josef KubátCast