The Man Who Stood In the Way

The Man Who Stood In the Way

Drama, History | May 25, 2023

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.

The Man Who Stood In the Way

Drama, History | May 25, 2023

The Man Who Stood In the Way
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.
Producers Artbox, Bio Illusion, Insight Media Producing Center
Original title Muž, který stál v cestě
Directors Petr Nikolaev
Writers Ivan Fíla

Cast

Tomáš Töpfer

as František Kriegel

Zuzana Mauréry

as Riva Krieglová

Adrian Jastraban

as Gustav Husák

Oleksandr Ihnatusha

as Leonid Brezhnev

Alois Švehlík

as President Svoboda

Jiří Ployhar

as Oldřich Černík

Daniel Heriban

as Alexander Dubček

Přemysl Bureš

as Josef Smrkovský

Jaroslav Mendel

as Vasil Bilak

Zuzana Kajnarová

as Zora Hynská

Miroslav Táborský

as Dr. Smrčka

Lukáš Kantor

as Josef Špaček

Antonín Kala

as Drahomír Kolder

Gustav Řezníček

as Jan Piller

Jan Fiala

as Alois Indra

Oleksandr Klauning

as Kosigyn