The Man Who Stood In the Way

The Man Who Stood In the Way

6.4/10

Overview

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.

Director

Petr Nikolaev

Top Billed Cast

Tomáš Töpfer

Tomáš Töpfer

František Kriegel

Zuzana Mauréry

Zuzana Mauréry

Riva Krieglová

Alois Švehlík

Alois Švehlík

President Svoboda

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Leonid Brezhnev

Jiří Ployhar

Jiří Ployhar

Oldřich Černík

Adrian Jastraban

Adrian Jastraban

Gustav Husák

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