
The House in Karp Lane
Drama
Overview
The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.
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Edith Schultze-Westrum
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Old Woman Kauders
Edith Schultze-Westrum
Old Woman Kauders


František Filipovský
František Filipovský
Old Man Kauders
František Filipovský
Old Man Kauders
Ladislav Kríz
Ladislav Kríz
Emil Kauders
Ladislav Kríz
Emil Kauders


Wolfgang Kieling
Wolfgang Kieling
Karl Marek
Wolfgang Kieling
Karl Marek
Rosel Schäfer
Rosel Schäfer
Olga Marek
Rosel Schäfer
Olga Marek


Helmut Schmid
Helmut Schmid
Leutnant Slezak
Helmut Schmid
Leutnant Slezak


Walter Taub
Walter Taub
Salomon Laufer
Walter Taub
Salomon Laufer


Hana Vítová
Hana Vítová
Mali Laufer
Hana Vítová
Mali Laufer
Peter Herrmann
Peter Herrmann
Ernst Laufer
Peter Herrmann
Ernst Laufer
Tamara Kafková
Tamara Kafková
Frieda Laufer
Tamara Kafková
Frieda Laufer
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