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Záchvěv strachu
Záchvěv strachu
Release: 1984-04-01
·★ 3.5
Drama
History
Getting out of prison doesn't mean being free. After the bloody suppression of the Prague Revolution in 1848, one of its participants, the writer František Vinický, spent eight years in prison. Returning to Prague in 1857, he tries to make contact with his former friends. The main one is his former comrade-in-arms Antoš. Of course, the man's steps also lead him to his former love Ida, who has been married to the councillor Mayer for several years. Vinicky is followed at practically every turn by the secret police, who will not allow him to get a decent job, let alone publish his new book. Police Councillor Berger makes it clear to the writer that a lot could be arranged if Vinicky would commit to cooperating...
Production Countries
Czechoslovakia
Production Companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast
Jan Skopeček
Svatopluk Matyáš
Petr Oliva
Jiří Tomek
Ota Sklenčka
Otakar Brousek
Karel Vochoč
Petr Haničinec
as Josef Antoš (voice)
Radoslav Brzobohatý
as František Vinický
Vilém Besser
Radovan Lukavský
Vladimír Brabec
Libuše Geprtová
Josef Patočka
Vladimír Krška
Štefan Kvietik
as Josef Antoš
František Švihlík
Josef Abrhám
Věra Kubánková
Táňa Fischerová
Jaromíra Mílová
Petr Kostka
František Němec
Boris Rösner