A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

67 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 13, 1965

A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of "mishaps" delays their escape.

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

67 mins | Drama, TV Movie | Oct. 13, 1965

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS and are told that they are to be traded to the American army for several SS officers. However, these hostages are being required to pay bribes for their "transportation costs." In order to ensure that the businessmen will be more cooperative in paying up, a beautiful female singer is placed in their midst as a bargaining chip. The group of hostages are then placed on a train which is supposed to take them to the ship that will deliver them to freedom, but a series of "mishaps" delays their escape.
Producers Televizní filmová tvorba Praha
Original title Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou
Directors Antonín Moskalyk
Writers Arnošt Lustig

Cast

Jiří Adamíra

as Bedřich Branske

Martin Růžek

as Herrmann Cohen

Lenka Fišerová

as Kateřina Horovitzová

Miloš Nedbal

as rabín z Lodže Dajem

Čestmír Řanda

as Ludvík Rappaport

Ilja Prachař

as Oskar Löwenstein

Felix le Breux

as Valter Taubenstock

Vladimír Ráž

as Freddy Klarfeld

Vladimír Hlavatý

as Hugo Varacky

Otto Šimánek

as krejčí

Jiří Bruder

as Schillinger

Antonín Molčík

as Sepp Hojer