Synopsis
In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...
Ratings
IMDb7.6/10
Rotten Tomatoes90%
Metacritic69/100
60 audience votes
Key crew
- Jan HřebejkDirector
- Petr JarchovskýScreenplay
- Aleš BřezinaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Bolek PolívkaJosef Cízek
- Anna ŠiškováMarie Cizková
- Csongor KassaiDavid Wiener
- Jaroslav DušekHorst Prohaska
- Martin HubaDr. Albrecht Kepke
- Jiří PechaFrantisek Simácek
- Simona StašováLibuse Simácková
- Jiří KodetDr. Fischer-Rybáf
- Richard TesaříkCaptain
- Vladimír MarekSS Officer
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Themes
based on novel or bookworld war ii