The Man Who Stood In the Way (movie)

The Man Who Stood In the Way (movie)

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  • User score: 6.2
  • Production country: Czech Republic, Lithuania, Ukraine
  • Producer: Petr Nikolaev
  • Production companies: Bio Illusion, Artbox, Insight Media Producing Center
  • Genre: Drama, History
  • Release date: 5/25/2023

Movie 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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Tomáš Töpfer

Tomáš Töpfer

Role(s): František Kriegel

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Zuzana Mauréry

Zuzana Mauréry

Role(s): Riva Krieglová

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Adrian Jastraban

Adrian Jastraban

Role(s): Gustav Husák

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Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

Role(s): Leonid Brezhnev

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Alois Švehlík

Alois Švehlík

Role(s): President Svoboda

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