
The Man Who Stood In the Way
Drama · History
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.
Top Cast


Tomáš Töpfer
Tomáš Töpfer
František Kriegel
Tomáš Töpfer
František Kriegel


Zuzana Mauréry
Zuzana Mauréry
Riva Krieglová
Zuzana Mauréry
Riva Krieglová


Adrian Jastraban
Adrian Jastraban
Gustav Husák
Adrian Jastraban
Gustav Husák


Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Leonid Brezhnev
Oleksandr Ihnatusha
Leonid Brezhnev


Alois Švehlík
Alois Švehlík
President Svoboda
Alois Švehlík
President Svoboda


Jiří Ployhar
Jiří Ployhar
Oldřich Černík
Jiří Ployhar
Oldřich Černík


Daniel Heriban
Daniel Heriban
Alexander Dubček
Daniel Heriban
Alexander Dubček


Přemysl Bureš
Přemysl Bureš
Josef Smrkovský
Přemysl Bureš
Josef Smrkovský


Jaroslav Mendel
Jaroslav Mendel
Vasil Bilak
Jaroslav Mendel
Vasil Bilak


Zuzana Kajnarová
Zuzana Kajnarová
Zora Hynská
Zuzana Kajnarová
Zora Hynská
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