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MediocreGoodWatch scoreSummary
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.
Good for
- Friends night
- Teens
- Drop-in friendly
Where to watch
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Audiences 42GoodWatch 55
IMDb4.2
Running time
1 h 53 min
A typical length for dramas
typical 109113Half of all dramas run 98–125 min.
Released
1953
January 30, 1953
73 years ago
Genre
DramaLanguage
Czech
Original language
Made in
XC
24 of 76
Jiří Dohnalpassenger Horvát, deputy
Ladislav Pešekpassenger Prokop, development worker- AKAntonín Klimšapassenger Gerbec, miner
Bohuš Záhorskýpassenger Ryšánek, associate professor
Jaroslav Marešpassenger Tonic, fitter
Božena Obrovápassenger Liduška, Toník's wife- FKFrantišek Klikapassenger Řezníček, a former café owner
Miloš Kopeckýpassenger Rychman, musician
Soňa Červenápassenger Grábnerová, the pilot's wife- JSJozef Sodomapassenger Ján Hajdaš, miner
Rudolf Deylpassenger Karfík, engineer- AKAlena Kautskápassenger, mother of the child
František Hanuspassenger, forester- LVLudmila Vostrčilovápassenger Gavendová, actress
- JMJan Maškapassenger Gray, jeweler
František Peterkapassenger boxer- IBInocenc Březinatraveling grandfather Bajgar, a cooperative
- JSJosef SteiglKomenda passenger, insurance company inspector
- LMLadislav Mandíkpassenger František
Oldřich Vykypělaircraft captain František Brázda
Eduard Dubskýpilot Josef Grábner, wrecker
Rudolf Hrušínskýmechanic Karel Král, wrecker- JNJaroslav Nedvědnavigator Vodička
Ladislav BoháčCzechoslovak consul
Directing · 3
- Ján Kadár Director, Writer, Story
- Elmar Klos Director, Writer, Story
- Jindřich Polák Assistant Director
Writing · 1
- František Břetislav Kunc Writer, Story
Production · 4
- Štěpán Skalský Unit Production Manager
- Rudolf Wolf Production Manager
- Gustav Rohan Production Manager
- Věra Kadlecová Unit Production Manager
Camera · 4
- Rudolf Milič Director of Photography
- Eduard Kadeřábek Assistant Camera
- Miloslav Mirvald Still Photographer
- Miroslav Sinkule Assistant Camera
Editing · 1
- Josef Dobřichovský Editor
Sound · 3
- Jiří Šust Original Music Composer
- Milan Novotný Sound
- Milivoj Uzelac Conductor
Art · 5
- Karel Lier Production Design
- Josef Calta Set Decoration
- Vladimír Slepička Set Decoration
- Oldřich Bosák Assistant Production Design
- Vladimír Mácha Set Decoration
Costume & Make-Up · 2
- Bohumil Sochor Costume Design
- Vladimír Černý Makeup & Hair
Other crew · 4
- Karel Císařovský Special Effects
- Stanislav Šulc Special Effects
- Josef Bůžek Special Effects
- František Jakubec Special Effects
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