Higher Principle
Synopsis
During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.
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Principal cast & crew: 16
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Edited by Ruzena HejskovaShot by Jaroslav TuzarScored by Zdenek LiskaDesigned by Karel Skvor
Also known as
- Das höhere Prinzipde
- Vyšší principen
- Altos Principioses
- Monsieur principe supérieurfr
- Il principio superioreit
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16 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Frantisek Smolik
as Profesor Malek
Jana Brejchova
as Jana Skálová
Ivan Mistrik
as Vlastik Rysánek
Alexander Postler
as Karel Moucka
Jan Smid
as Frantik Havelka
Petr Kostka
as Honza Horák
Bohus Zahorsky
as Redítel
Radovan Lukavsky
as profesor Vondrácek
Gustav Hilmar
as cestinár Vandas
Vaclav Lohnisky
as Professor Richter
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1Writers
1Other crew
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