A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (1965)
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of "mishaps" delays their escape.
Director:
Antonín Moskalyk
Writers:
Arnošt Lustig, Vladislav Čejchan.
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Jiří Adamíra as Bedřich Branske |
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Martin Růžek as Herrmann Cohen |
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Lenka Fišerová as Kateřina Horovitzová |
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Miloš Nedbal as rabín z Lodže Dajem |
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Čestmír Řanda as Ludvík Rappaport |
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Ilja Prachař as Oskar Löwenstein |
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Felix le Breux as Valter Taubenstock |
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Vladimír Ráž as Freddy Klarfeld |
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Vladimír Hlavatý as Hugo Varacky |
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Otto Šimánek as krejčí |
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Jiří Bruder as Schillinger |
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Antonín Molčík as Sepp Hojer |
| Writing | Arnošt Lustig | Novel |
| Writing | Arnošt Lustig | Screenplay |
| Writing | Vladislav Čejchan | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Miloslav Jandera | Makeup & Hair |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jarmila Konečná | Costume Design |
| Sound | Adolf Böhm | Sound |
| Editing | Jan Chaloupek | Editor |
| Art | Miloš Ditrich | Production Design |
| Sound | Luboš Fišer | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | František Belfín | Conductor |
| Production | Miloslav Vaněk | Production Manager |
| Camera | Jiří Kadaňka | Director of Photography |
| Directing | Antonín Moskalyk | Director |