The read
It runs long at 2h 35m.
Synopsis
The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.
Ratings
IMDb8/10
2 audience votes
Key crew
- Kurt HoffmannDirector
- Gerd AngermannWriter
- Zdeněk LiškaOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Edith Schultze-WestrumOld Woman Kauders
- František FilipovskýOld Man Kauders
- Ladislav KrízEmil Kauders
- Wolfgang KielingKarl Marek
- Rosel SchäferOlga Marek
- Helmut SchmidLeutnant Slezak
- Walter TaubSalomon Laufer
- Hana VítováMali Laufer
- Peter HerrmannErnst Laufer
- Tamara KafkováFrieda Laufer
- Martin GregorMarcel Lederer
- Margrit WeilerBertha Lederer