Maratón

Maratón

103 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Dec. 31, 1968

It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.

Maratón

103 mins | Drama, Comedy, War | Dec. 31, 1968

Maratón
It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Maratón
Directors Luďka Žáková, Marta Křesinová, Bohumil Kouba, Tomáš Kulík, Ivo Novák
Writers Jan Procházka, Ivo Novák

Cast

Lubomír Bryg

as German Major

Karel Hovorka

as Trainman

Jan Libíček

as German Major (voice)

Vladimír Hrubý

as Trainman (voice)