The read
It runs a compact 1h 19m.
Synopsis
A new owner of the estate, Konrád Ritter von Schiess, arrives in the Czech village of Sluky. On his orders, the inhabitants of the village are to be evicted and only 30 families are allowed to remain, who volunteer to work on the estate. However, the inhabitants refuse to work for the lords, and their solidarity only strengthens when one of them is murdered by the Gestapo based on a report by the estate manager Prokeš...
Ratings
IMDb4.6/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Jiří SlavíčekScreenplay
- Jiří SlavíčekDirector
- E. F. BurianOriginal Music Composer
- Miloslav StehlíkScreenplay
- Mojmír DrvotaScreenplay
Cast
- Otakar DadákCast
- Jiří VršťalaCast
- Ota SklenčkaCast
- František KreuzmannCast
- Vladimír HlavatýCast
- Vítězslav BočekCast
- Josef BeyvlCast
- Josef ŠidlichovskýCast
- J. O. MartinCast
- Vladimír ŠmeralCast
- Miloš NedbalCast
- Karel HospodskýCast
Themes
world war iibased on play or musical