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A Life at Stake

5.8

1956•1h 41m

The year is 1941 and the German Nazis rule Bohemia with a free hand. Engineer Otakar Racek is an extremely cautious man who tries to avoid problems at all costs. While some of his colleagues are being arrested by the Gestapo, he receives an offer to become the director of a new department. When he refuses to help the wife of an arrested resistance fighter, his wife Vlasta is shaken. However, she loves him, to the point of even resigning herself to the hatred of Otakar's wealthy mother. One day, Vlasta lets her old acquaintance Ondřej Rýdl, who is on the run from the Gestapo, stay at her house for a few days. The wife passes him off to her husband as a distant relative. However, Otakar succumbs to jealousy and, on his mother's advice, hires a private detective to follow Vlasta. However, the detective is also a Gestapo informant and receives a hefty reward for every arrested resistance fighter...

Cast

Photo of Karel Höger

Karel Höger

Engineer Otakar Racek

Photo of Vlasta Chramostová

Vlasta Chramostová

Vlasta, Racek's wife

Photo of Jaroslav Someš

Jaroslav Someš

Bedřich, the eldest son of the Raceks

Photo of Zdeněk Dítě

Zdeněk Dítě

resistance fighter Ondřej Rýdl

Photo of Otomar Krejča

Otomar Krejča

Deputy Rudolf Kadera

Photo of Jindřich Narenta

Jindřich Narenta

Gestapo

Photo of Stanislav Neumann

Stanislav Neumann

doorman Dobeš

Photo of Josef Bek

Josef Bek

supervisor Josef Frouz

Photo of Gustav Heverle

Gustav Heverle

eng. Kubišta

Photo of Jana Dítětová

Jana Dítětová

worker Zdenka, Pour's wife

Photo of Vladimír Hlavatý

Vladimír Hlavatý

Tomeš

Photo of Jaroslav Mareš

Jaroslav Mareš

detektiv Brotánek

Photo of Felix le Breux

Felix le Breux

owner of the detective agency Alois Barvík

Photo of Rudolf Deyl

Rudolf Deyl

jr. caretaker

Photo of Miloš Vavruška

Miloš Vavruška

resistance fighter Berka

Photo of Marcela Sedláčková

Marcela Sedláčková

secretary Müllerová

Photo of Václav Postránecký

Václav Postránecký

Jarda, son of the Frouzs

Photo of Marta Májová

Marta Májová

woman on the street

Photo of Miroslav Moravec

Miroslav Moravec

german soldier

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