Marathon

Dec 31, 1968

1h 43m

★ 5.4

Overview

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.

Genres

Comedy

Drama

War

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Jaromír Hanzlík

Jana Brejchová

Vladimír Menšík

Karel Höger

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Petr Kostka

Bohuš Záhorský

Ivan Mistrík

Svatopluk Matyáš

Radoslav Brzobohatý

František Peterka

Přemysl Kočí

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