The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)
May 25, 2023Release Date
The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)
May 25, 2023Release Date
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Plot.
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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Cast & Crew.

Tomáš Töpfer
František Kriegel

Zuzana Mauréry
Riva Krieglová

Adrian Jastraban
Gustav Husák

Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Leonid Brezhnev

Alois Švehlík
President Svoboda

Jiří Ployhar
Oldřich Černík

Daniel Heriban
Alexander Dubček

Přemysl Bureš
Josef Smrkovský

Jaroslav Mendel
Vasil Bilak

Zuzana Kajnarová
Zora Hynská

Miroslav Táborský
Dr. Smrčka

Lukáš Kantor
Josef Špaček

Antonín Kala
Drahomír Kolder

Gustav Řezníček
Jan Piller

Jan Fiala
Alois Indra

Oleksandr Klauning
Kosigyn

Michal Novinski
Composer

Mária Rudlovčáková
Dramaturgy

Michal Hýka
Editor

Miloslav Šmídmajer
Producer

Eva Ungrová-Malíková
Makeup Artist

Pavel Šmídmajer
Producer

Jan Vlček
Production Design

Petr Nikolaev
Director

Andriy Suyarko
Co-Producer

Miroslav Oščatka
Dramaturgy

Ramūnas Greičius
Director of Photography

Kateřina Špůrová Křížkovská
Executive Producer

Ivan Fíla
Writer

Andrea Králová
Costume Design

Volodymyr Filippov
Art Direction / Co-Producer

Kęstutis Drazdauskas
Co-Producer

Alla Samoilenko
Casting

Sergei Dashevsky
Media.

Details.
Release DateMay 25, 2023
Original NameMuž, který stál v cestě
StatusReleased
Genres
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This Movie Is About.
prague spring
1960s
Wiki.
The Man Who Stood in the Way (Czech: Muž, který stál v cestě) is a 2023 Czech historical drama film directed by Petr Nikolaev. The film focuses on František Kriegel, the only political leader who, during the Warsaw Pact invasion of Czechoslovakia, declined to sign the Moscow Protocol. It is based on a novel by Ivan Fíla of the same name. Fíla was originally set to direct the film.
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