Top billed cast

1. 

   Blanka Waleská

   Hana Kaufmannová

2. 

   Otomar Krejča

   Antonín Bureš

3. 

   Zdeňka Baldová

   Hedvika Kaufmannová

4. 

   Viktor Očásek

   Oskar Kaufmann

5. 

   Eduard Kohout

   Reiter

6. 

   Anna Vaňková

   Margit

7. 

   Jiří Plachý

   Abrahamovič

8. 

   Saša Rašilov

   Mošeles

9. 

   Zdeněk Hodr

   Zdeněk Klein

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Reviews

A review by CinemaSerf

Written by CinemaSerf on 2026-01-30

Perhaps what adds extra impact to this story of the “Kaufmann” family is the fact that it was made in Czechoslovakia a mere four years after the war had ended. The actors and crew here would still have the true memories of the Nazi invasion, occupation and news of the Holocaust fresh in their minds when they embarked on this depiction of the tragic story of a family torn asunder because of their traditions and faith. What makes this harder to watch is that as the fear and panic sets in, the family begins to fracture and to an extent implode as, all the while, we are presented with actualit...read the rest

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Status
Released

Original Language
Czech

Budget
$0.00

Revenue
$0.00

Keywords

• husband wife relationship
• jewish ghetto
• holocaust (shoah)
• world war ii
• jew persecution
• prague, czech republic
• struggle for survival
• semi-documentary