The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)
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
https://bioillusion.com/project/the-man-who-stood-in-the-way/
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Tomáš Töpfer as František Kriegel |
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Zuzana Mauréry as Riva Krieglová |
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Adrian Jastraban as Gustav Husák |
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Oleksandr Ihnatusha as Leonid Brezhnev |
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Alois Švehlík as President Svoboda |
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Jiří Ployhar as Oldřich Černík |
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Daniel Heriban as Alexander Dubček |
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Přemysl Bureš as Josef Smrkovský |
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Jaroslav Mendel as Vasil Bilak |
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Zuzana Kajnarová as Zora Hynská |
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Miroslav Táborský as Dr. Smrčka |
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Lukáš Kantor as Josef Špaček |
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Antonín Kala as Drahomír Kolder |
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Gustav Řezníček as Jan Piller |
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Jan Fiala as Alois Indra |
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Oleksandr Klauning as Kosigyn |
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Sergei Dashevsky as |
| Directing | Petr Nikolaev | Director |
| Camera | Ramūnas Greičius | Director of Photography |
| Writing | Ivan Fíla | Writer |
| Crew | Mária Rudlovčáková | Dramaturgy |
| Crew | Miroslav Oščatka | Dramaturgy |
| Costume & Make-Up | Andrea Králová | Costume Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Eva Ungrová-Malíková | Makeup Artist |
| Art | Jan Vlček | Production Design |
| Art | Volodymyr Filippov | Art Direction |
| Production | Kateřina Špůrová Křížkovská | Executive Producer |
| Production | Miloslav Šmídmajer | Producer |
| Production | Pavel Šmídmajer | Producer |
| Production | Volodymyr Filippov | Co-Producer |
| Production | Andriy Suyarko | Co-Producer |
| Production | Kęstutis Drazdauskas | Co-Producer |
| Production | Alla Samoilenko | Casting |
