The World Knows Nothing

Sep 1, 1988

1h 48m

★ 2.7

Overview

The story takes place in the Czech-German border region in 1938. The hero Tomás Jakl marries but the marriage is not very lucky and falls apart. His German friend forced him to enter the Nazi party.

Genres

Drama

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

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Cast

Tomás Jakl

Emil Horváth

Viola

Petra Vančíková

Jirina

Magda Vášáryová

Pavláčka

Radoslav Brzobohatý

Jindrich

Milan Kňažko

Stach

Jiří Ornest

Wally

Jana Švandová

Lída

Evelyna Steimarová

Kolda

František Husák

Hikl

Jan Teplý

Lojda

Ladislav Lakomý

Werner

František Řehák

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