The Man Who Stood In the Way
movie
A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union
Released May 25, 2023
Overview
A drama that tells the story of the physician and politician MUDr. František Kriegel, the hero of the Prague Spring of 1968, who was arrested and kidnapped to Moscow on the night of August 21st together with five leaders of the party and the state (Dubček, Černík, Smrkovský, Špaček and Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who managed to stand up to Brezhnev in Moscow captivity, even under the threat of liquidation, and not to sign the Moscow Protovol which meant agreeing to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Cast
Tomáš Töpfer
as
František Kriegel
Zuzana Mauréry
as
Riva Krieglová
Adrian Jastraban
as
Gustav Husák
Oleksandr Ihnatusha
as
Leonid Brezhnev
Alois Švehlík
as
President Svoboda
Jiří Ployhar
as
Oldřich Černík
Daniel Heriban
as
Alexander Dubček
Přemysl Bureš
as
Josef Smrkovský
Jaroslav Mendel
as
Vasil Bilak
Zuzana Kajnarová
as
Zora Hynská
Miroslav Táborský
as
Dr. Smrčka
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Lukáš Kantor
as
Josef Špaček
Crew
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Ivan Fíla
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Writer
Miloslav Šmídmajer
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Producer
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Andriy Suyarko
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Co-Producer
Petr Nikolaev
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Director
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Miroslav Oščatka
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Dramaturgy
Volodymyr Filippov
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Art Direction
Volodymyr Filippov
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Co-Producer
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Jan Vlček
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Production Design
Kęstutis Drazdauskas
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Co-Producer
Ramūnas Greičius
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Director of Photography
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Eva Ungrová-Malíková
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Makeup Artist
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Pavel Šmídmajer
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Producer