...nebo být zabit (1986)
March 1945. It is already quite obvious to the Nazis that they cannot win the war. So it is time to think about the future after the war and to cover their tracks. One concentration camp must be completely cleared out and the prisoners buried in the mines. Only the mine-hunters remain - among them Ernest, a veteran of the Spanish Civil War from Vienna, and Kim, a resistance fighter from Prague. One day they decide to escape with the other prisoners, but they are betrayed and most of the escapees are shot. The pair of heroes are not alone, however, and on the way they are joined by a guard dog from the camp that Kim used to feed. In the coming days, Ernest leads young Kim through the unrelenting cold on his journey to freedom, teaching him that there is only one rule to follow in this time - kill or be killed.
Director:
Martin Hollý
Writers:
Kamil Pixa, Jaroslav Vokřál.
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Milan Kňažko as |
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Martin Zounar as |
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Hana Pastejříková as |
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Jiří Zahajský as |
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Eliška Balzerová as |
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Antoni Polarczyk as Concentration Camp Commandant |
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Jan J. Vágner as |
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Vladimír Hrubý as |
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Hana Brejchová as |
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Antonín Brtoun as |
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Zdeněk Srstka as |
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Rudolf Kalina as |
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Jiří Kraus as |
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Ladislav Lahoda as |
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Petr Sekanina as |
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Frantisek Stupka as |
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Jaroslav Vlk as |
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Bohuslav Ličman as |
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Petr Svárovský as |
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Ladislav Farkaš as |
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Václav Baur as |
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Karel Bělohradský as |
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František Jákl as |
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Petr Jákl as |
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Jaroslav Klenot as |
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František Kovář as |
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Pavol Mikulík as |
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Igor Smržík as |
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Milan Vlachovský as |
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Marián Zednikovič as |
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Milan Klacek as |
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Jiří Kvasnička as |
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Jindřich Narenta as |
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Monika Pošívalová as |
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Vít Pešina as |
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Ludvík Pozník as |
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Mikuláš Roth as |
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Rudolf Vodrážka as |
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Jaroslav Špáňa as |
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Jaroslav Tomsa as |
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Zdeněk Plavec as |
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David Rauch as |
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Karel Engel as |
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Werner Ehrlicher as Concentration Camp Commandant (voice) |
| Art | Karel Černý | Production Design |
| Editing | Ivana Kačírková | Editor |
| Sound | Jiří Hora | Sound |
| Sound | Harry Macourek | Original Music Composer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Kropáček | Costume Design |
| Writing | Kamil Pixa | Screenplay |
| Directing | Martin Hollý | Director |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslava Adámková | Costumer |
| Crew | Drahoslav Makovička | Dramaturgy |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Writing | Miloslav Vydra | Creative Producer |
| Directing | Josef Loučím | First Assistant Director |
| Directing | Petr Slabý | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Camera Operator |
| Art | Richard Staněk | Set Decoration |
| Art | Lubomír Kafka | Set Decoration |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Hájková | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Viktor Walter | Assistant Director |
| Directing | Helena Voverková | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Stanislav Šťastný | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Michal Krška | Assistant Production Design |
| Editing | Eliška Willigová | Assistant Editor |
| Production | Přemysl Čermák | Assistant Production Manager |
| Camera | František Uldrich | Director of Photography |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Kléma | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Evelyna Vrbová | Unit Production Manager |
| Production | Blažej Vráb | Production Manager |
| Camera | Renata Čihulková | Clapper Loader |
| Production | Rudolf Mos | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Mario Klemens | Conductor |
| Writing | Jaroslav Vokřál | Screenplay |
| Writing | Kamil Pixa | Story |
| Camera | Alena Červená | Still Photographer |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Ryšavá | Costumer |
| Sound | Miroslav Košler | Conductor |