The Trap

Nov 17, 1950

1h 34m

★ 7.0

Overview

The drama from the time of the Nazi occupation begins at the train station, where a transport with German soldiers is passing. The train is stopped due to improvised sabotage by one of the railway workers. Resistance liaison Růžena Kubínová is arrested in a random raid. The cynical councilor Dönnert discovers her false documents and has her brutally interrogated. He suspects that she could contribute to exposing the entire group. He puts a informant, Herta, in her cell.

Genres

Drama

War

Production Companies

Československý státní film

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Cast

Ruzena

Vlasta Chramostová

confidant Herta Lenzová alias Anca Nováková

Majka Tomášová

Dönnert

Miloslav Holub

Antos

Vladimír Ráž

Bor

Otomar Krejča

Cortus

Karel Peyr

Hans

Jaroslav Mareš

Kraftová

Věra Kalendová

Dozorkyne

Milka Balek-Brodská

vezenkyne Karlicka

Terezie Brzková

Taraba

Vladimír Hlavatý

Divis

Bedřich Bozděch

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