Death Is Called Engelchen

Death Is Called Engelchen

111 mins | Drama, War | May 3, 1963

Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in the underground. Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.

Death Is Called Engelchen

111 mins | Drama, War | May 3, 1963

Death Is Called Engelchen
Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war. Just as peace is declared, Pavel is shot in the spine and sent to the hospital emergency ward. As he fades in and out of consciousness, he recalls the events that led to his participation in the underground. Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.
IMDb rating 7.6
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Smrt si říká Engelchen
Directors Stanislav Černý, Karel Čáslavský, Věra Vláčilová, Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos
Writers Ladislav Mňačko, Miloš Brož, Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos

Cast

Jan Kačer

as Pavel

Eva Poláková

as Marta

Martin Růžek

as doktor

Blažena Holišová

as Alžběta

Pavel Bártl

as Dimitrij

Ezard Haußmann

as německý poručík

Otto Lackovič

as Ondra

Vlado Müller

as Nikolaj

Oľga Adamčíková

as Rozkova's villager called her mother

Miroslav Macháček

as agent Machu

Čestmír Řanda

as farmer Alois Kroupa

Ota Sklenčka

as cetník Bárta

Wanda Spinka

as Jozina

Oto Ševčík

as deserter Willy

Michal Kožuch

as informant Cyril Konecny

Antonín Molčík

as guerrilla Toník

Walter Taub

as German general

Ervín Zolar

as deserter Martin

Karel Fořt

as Walter

Norbert Chotaš

as sturmbannführer SS Engelchen

Alex Jandouš

as non-commissioned officer

Helena Kotoučová

as Jozina's mother

Emil Rohan

as Chairman of the Purification Commission Vanek

Josef Stehlík

as Rožek

Jaroslav Moučka

as driver Print

Jozef Príhoda

as Guerrilla

Karel Vavřík

as Hostinský

Václav Podhorský

as Guerrilla

Karel Hovorka

as Guerrilla

Karel Bezděk

as Guerrilla

Gustav Vondráček

as Guerrilla

Jiří Hurych

as Guerrilla /

Karla Svobodová

as a girl from Pasek

Věra Tichánková

as (voice)