
Cinetrā

Cinetrā

Osvobození Prahy (original title)
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On 20th of April 1945 the Soviet army launches its attack on Berlin. The end has come for Nazi Germany and Hitler decides to commit suicide. In Prague K.H. Frank (Nazi Secretary of State and Chief of police in the Protectorate of Bohemia a Moravia) discusses with his commanders how to transform the city into an impregnable fortress, but the Praguers do not intend to wait any longer. From the early hours of 4th of May people start assembling in the streets and tearing down German signs. On the next day, the 5th of May, the uprising begins.
Cast: Vladimír Šmeral, František Vicena, Josef Větrovec, Ota Sklenčka, Josef Somr, Dmytro Franko, Sergey Polezhaev, Gunnar Möller, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge, Günter Naumann, Jaroslav Rozsíval, Jaroslava Tichá, Jiří Krampol, Vítězslav Jandák, Renáta Doleželová, Mykola Hrynko, Pyotr Velyaminov, Gert Hänsch, Horst Preusker, Vladislav Strzhelchik
Writers: Miloslav Fábera (Screenplay), Otakar Vávra (Screenplay), Otakar Vávra (Story), Miloslav Fábera (Story)
Cinematographer: Andrej Barla
Production Designer: Karel Lier, Miroslav Hrachovec
Editor: Antonín Zelenka
Sound Designer: Adolf Böhm
Composer: Zdeněk Liška
Costume Designer: Jan Kropáček
Direction team: Miroslav Voštiar (First Assistant Director), Vladimír Zelenka (First Assistant Director), Karel Brchel (First Assistant Director), Tomáš Tintěra (Assistant Director), Petr Špás (Assistant Director)
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov