The Man Who Stood in the Way
“A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union”
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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.
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Edited by Michal HykaShot by Ramunas GreiciusScored by Michal NovinskiDesigned by Jan Vlcek
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18 unique people credited
Top billed cast
Tomas Topfer
as Frantisek Kriegel
Adrian Jastraban
as Gustáv Husák
Daniel Heriban
as Alexander Dubcek
Aleksandr Ignatusha
as Leonid Breznev
Jaroslav Mendel
as Vasil Bilak
Premysl Bures
as Josef Smrkovský
Jiri Ployhar
as Oldrich Cerník
Lukas Kantor
as Josef Spacek
Alois Svehlik
as Ludvík Svoboda
Zuzana Maurery
as Riva Kriegelová
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