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Prague at Zero Hour

Jul 6, 1963

1h 19m

★ 0.0

Overview

Czech friends help refugees from Nazi Germany escape in 1939.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme

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Cast

Honza Král - student

Ivo Palec

Toni Halbe - German student

Jutta Hoffmann

MUDr. Jirí Zeman

Lubor Tokoš

Josef Hrbek - czech communist

Vlastimil Hašek

Otto Thüringer - German communist

Stefan Lisewski

Hermann Schneider

Ernst Kahler

Boiler Brázda

Vladimír Hlavatý

Gruppenführer Balthazar

Horst Preusker

Kilian

Josef Bek

Siegfried Adler

Hans Finohr

MUDr. Fahoun

Vladimír Brabec

Franz Kluge - nazis

Hans-Dieter Schlegel

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