The Man Who Stood In the Way

The Man Who Stood In the Way

2023
6.5

6.5/10

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Drama History

"A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union"

Overview

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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Status: Released

Language: CS

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Production Information

Production Companies
Bio Illusion Artbox Insight Media Producing Center
Production Countries
Czech Republic Lithuania Ukraine
Spoken Languages
Czech

Keywords

prague spring (1968) 1960s

Quick Facts

Original Title Muž, který stál v cestě
Release Date May 25, 2023
Status Released
Language CS
IMDb ID tt21835206
Website Visit Site

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

Jaroslav Mendel
Jaroslav Mendel

Vasil Bilak

Zuzana Kajnarová
Zuzana Kajnarová

Zora Hynská

Miroslav Táborský
Miroslav Táborský

Dr. Smrčka

Lukáš Kantor
Lukáš Kantor

Josef Špaček

Key Crew

Miloslav Šmídmajer
Producer
Pavel Šmídmajer
Producer
Petr Nikolaev
Director
Kateřina Špůrová Křížkovská
Executive Producer
Ivan Fíla
Writer