...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 |
| Sound | Harry Macourek | Original Music Composer |
| Sound | Jiří Hora | Sound |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jan Kropáček | Costume Design |
| Editing | Ivana Kačírková | Editor |
| Directing | Martin Hollý | Director |
| Writing | Kamil Pixa | Screenplay |
| Writing | Jaroslav Vokřál | Screenplay |
| Costume & Make-Up | Vlasta Hájková | Makeup & Hair |
| Production | Evelyna Vrbová | Unit Production Manager |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Čížek | Makeup & Hair |
| Directing | Helena Voverková | Assistant Director |
| Camera | Jiří Ondráček | Camera Operator |
| Art | Lubomír Kafka | Set Decoration |
| Art | Richard Staněk | Set Decoration |
| Writing | Miloslav Vydra | Creative Producer |
| Costume & Make-Up | František Kléma | Makeup & Hair |
| Camera | Alena Červená | Still Photographer |
| Directing | Josef Loučím | First Assistant Director |
| Production | Blažej Vráb | Production Manager |
| Editing | Eliška Willigová | Assistant Editor |
| Costume & Make-Up | Jaroslava Adámková | Costumer |
| Camera | Renata Čihulková | Clapper Loader |
| Directing | Viktor Walter | Assistant Director |
| Production | Přemysl Čermák | Assistant Production Manager |
| Writing | Kamil Pixa | Story |
| Directing | Petr Slabý | Assistant Director |
| Crew | Drahoslav Makovička | Dramaturgy |
| Camera | Stanislav Šťastný | Assistant Camera |
| Art | Michal Krška | Assistant Production Design |
| Costume & Make-Up | Renata Ryšavá | Costumer |
| Camera | František Uldrich | Director of Photography |
| Production | Rudolf Mos | Unit Production Manager |
| Sound | Mario Klemens | Conductor |
| Sound | Miroslav Košler | Conductor |