Summary
On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker.
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IMDb7.5
Audience score19%
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Released
1962
August 24, 1962
64 years ago
Genres
DramaWarLanguage
Slovak
Original language
Also spoken
CzechGermanMade in
XC
20 of 20
Hana MeličkováVilma Kubisová
Jozef KronerValentin Kubis
Margit BaraAngela
Hannjo HasseBrecker
Ladislav ChudíkPalo
Karol MachataMarián Kubis
Emília VášáryováKatka Malishova
Ivan MistríkDurko Kubis
Jindřich NarentaWioherd
Vladimír ŠmeralFarár
Jiří PleskotDr. Rasko
Eva Mária ChalupováSaleswoman- GAGašpar ArbetJozko
- ĽGĽudovít GreššoOld villager
Elo RomančíkDr. Harman- ERElena RampákováMother with baby
- AMAnton MichaličkaChurchman
- ŠBŠtefan BenekGerman soldier
- JKJán KlimoNarrator (voice)
- EKEva KristínováAngela (voice)
Directing · 4
- Jiří Krejčík Director, Screenplay
- Vladislav Pavlovič First Assistant Director
- Pavol Sarvaš Assistant Director
- Věra Ženíšková First Assistant Director
Writing · 2
- Peter Karvaš Screenplay, Theatre Play
- Albert Marenčin Screenplay
Production · 3
- Ladislav Strakáč Unit Production Manager
- František Milič Production Manager
- Emil Bandík Unit Production Manager
Camera · 3
- Rudolf Stahl Director of Photography
- Eduard Kadeřábek Assistant Camera
- Bohumil Vodička Assistant Camera
Editing · 2
- Josef Dobřichovský Editor
- Růžena Hejsková Assistant Editor
Sound · 4
- Zdeněk Liška Original Music Composer
- František Belfín Conductor
- Jaroslav Plavec Sound
- Eduard Palček Sound Assistant
Art · 3
- Jiří Červík Production Design
- Karel Škvor Art Direction
- Vojtech Brázdovič Property Master
Costume & Make-Up · 6
- Milena Doskočová Costume Design
- Erna Veselá Costume Design
- Helena Pallósová Makeup & Hair
- Júlia Morvicová Costumer
- Anton Gendiar Makeup Artist
- Otakar Košťál Makeup Artist
Lighting · 1
- František Novák Gaffer
Other crew · 1
- Viera Bieliková Script
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