Synopsis
American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic Czechoslovakia. The plane lands in West Germany, but the Americans have an unexpected problem convincing the hijackers to stay in the West. Based on a true story.
Ratings
IMDb4.8/10
3 audience votes
Key crew
- Jiří ŠustOriginal Music Composer
- Elmar KlosDirector
- Ján KadárWriter
- Ján KadárDirector
- Elmar KlosWriter
- František Břetislav KuncWriter
Cast
- Jiří Dohnalpassenger Horvát, deputy
- Ladislav Pešekpassenger Prokop, development worker
- Antonín Klimšapassenger Gerbec, miner
- Bohuš Záhorskýpassenger Ryšánek, associate professor
- Jaroslav Marešpassenger Tonic, fitter
- Božena Obrovápassenger Liduška, Toník's wife
- František Klikapassenger Řezníček, a former café owner
- Miloš Kopeckýpassenger Rychman, musician
- Soňa Červenápassenger Grábnerová, the pilot's wife
- Jozef Sodomapassenger Ján Hajdaš, miner
- Rudolf Deylpassenger Karfík, engineer
- Alena Kautskápassenger, mother of the child
Themes
airplane hijacking