The Man Who Stood In the Way

The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)

6.4 Movie
DramaHistory

A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union

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

Tomáš Töpfer Tomáš Töpfer František Kriegel
Zuzana Mauréry Zuzana Mauréry Riva Krieglová
Adrian Jastraban Adrian Jastraban Gustav Husák
Oleksandr Ihnatusha Oleksandr Ihnatusha Leonid Brezhnev
Alois Švehlík Alois Švehlík President Svoboda
Jiří Ployhar Jiří Ployhar Oldřich Černík
Daniel Heriban Daniel Heriban Alexander Dubček
Přemysl Bureš Přemysl Bureš Josef Smrkovský
Jaroslav Mendel Jaroslav Mendel Vasil Bilak
Zuzana Kajnarová Zuzana Kajnarová Zora Hynská
Miroslav Táborský Miroslav Táborský Dr. Smrčka
Lukáš Kantor Lukáš Kantor Josef Špaček

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