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The Man Who Stood In the Way (2023)

★ 6.5/10 Drama, History Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine Czech
Director: Petr Nikolaev
Writer: Ivan Fíla
Streaming: Not available
A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union

Description

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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Top 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

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