This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.
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Jiří Pleskot as
Bohumil Pastorek as
Gunnar Möller as
Jaroslav Radimecký as
Martin Gregor as
Bořivoj Navrátil as
Otakar Brousek as
Josef Langmiler as
Rudolf Krátký as
Günther Zschieschow as
Fred Alexander as
Rudolf Jurda as
Čestmír Řanda as
Werner Ehrlicher as
Vladimír Šmeral as
Jaroslav Rozsíval as
Jaromír Hanzlík as
Jiří Krampol as
Vítězslav Jandák as
Jaroslava Tichá as
Renáta Doleželová as
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge as
Gustav Nezval as
Jiří Dušek as
Vladimír Pavlar as
Vladislav Strzhelchik as
Ota Sklenčka as
Vladimír Stach as
Svatopluk Beneš as
Jaroslav Raušer as
Vladimír Salač as
Michal Dočolomanský as
Ladislav Lakomý as
Milan Riehs as
Vladimír Hlavatý as
Gerhard Rachold as
Werner Wieland as
Jan Schánilec as
František Vicena as
Ilja Prachař as
Jiří Holý as
Josef Němeček as
František Zvarík as
Ladislav Kazda as
Milan Holubář as
Erich Brauer as
Emma Černá as
Jaroslav Dufek as
Pavel Spálený as
Martin Štěpánek as
Karel Vlček as
Josef Větrovec as
Rudolf Velický as
Stanislav Zindulka as
Miloš Nedbal as
Gustav Opočenský as
Karel Peyr as
Bohumil Šmída as
Josef Somr as
Rudolf Chromek as
Miroslav Saic as
Iva Hüttnerová as
Martin Linda as
Siegfried Loyda as
Jaroslav Satoranský as
Raoul Schránil as
Josef Vorel as
Jaroslav Esop as
Emil Horváth as
Petr Oliva as
Karel Hábl as
Michal Pavlata as
Miroslav Zounar as
Václav Kotva as
Jan Teplý as
Svatopluk Skládal as
Vladimír Ptáček as
Štěpán Bulejko as
Oldřich Velen as
Ivo Kubečka as
Otakar Wimmer as
Karel Karas as
Václav Jandl as
Jan Bartoš as
Alois Trojan as
Bohuslav Ličman as
Oldřich Janovský as
Vítězslav Bartoš as
Bohumil Švarc as
Josef Lébr as
Vlasta Jelínková as
Radko Choc as
Václav Brtna as
Kamil Bešťák as
Břetislav Tetera as
Miroslav Prokeš as
Zdeněk Dohnal as
Jiří Adamec as
Bert Schneider as
Roman Hemala as
Jan Vítek as
Jiří Joran as
Otto Ohnesorg as
Magda Dolejšová as
Marie Štrampachová as
Hana Opršalová as
Václav Procházka as
Jiří Vocetka as
Vladimír Navrátil as
Ladislav Novák as
Jan Zetek as
Rudolf Čížek as
Vladimír Bičík as
Milan Vyskočil as
Antonín Zavoral as
Josef Hrbek as
Otakar Horký as
Jiří Koudelka as
Josef Rektor as
Jaroslav Kubricht as
Josef Sluka as
Pavel Osif as
Karel Zikmund as
Vladimír Fürst as
Miloš Švarc as
Dobroslav Čech as
Jan Prokeš as
Jiří Pokora as
Walter Steiner as
Vladimír Kotrlík as
Arnošt Chira as
Elena Strupková as
Bohumil Slezáček as
Zdeněk Forejt as
Karel Šebesta as
Oto Ševčík as
Václav Vávrovský as
Vlastimil Čaněk as
Emanuel Glombíček as
Bohumír Hájek as
Tomáš Novák as
Vít Pešina as
Oldřich Strouhal as
Václav Vondráček as
Antonín David as
Zdeněk Landa as
Josef Mašek as
Jiří Urbanec as
František Kotík as
Bohumír Nušl as
Čestmír Černý as
Josef Himmel as
František Velíšek as
Jan Jirát as
Josef Jandovský as
Miroslav Janeček as
Josef Syřiště as
Karel Roubík as
Zdeněk Svoboda as
Václav Mleziva as
Miloslav Kasalý as
Vladislav Šimčík as
Jan Bulla as
Celestýn Mrázek as
Jan Nekarda as
Antonín Šimon as
Miloslav Novák as
Miroslav Rous as
Jiří Hübsch as
Prokop Jílek as
Zdeněk Nehlič as
Karel Zikán as
Ladislav Frej as
Alois Plocek as
Pavel Raban as
Vladimír Otáhal as
Stanislav Němec as
Vincenc Koblitz as
Jan Janků as
Jan Sieber as
Vladimír Štros as
Ludvík Pozník as
Jaroslav Kovář as
František Dohnal as
Rudolf Široký as
Josef Kalena as
František Marek as
Václav Černý as
Jaroslav Andrýsek as
Oldřich Cerha as
Svatopluk Říčánek as
Zdeněk Plaček as
Vladimír Kovář as
Jiří Pichler as
Eva Lorenzová as
Oldřich Kapr as
František Hruška as
Helena Matoušková as
Emil Hora as
Viktor Watzel as
Jiří Valenta as
Karel Urbanovský as
Alexandr Ovčarič as
Petr Urban as
Bedřich Smrčka as
Karel Schilhab as
Julius Novák as
Ladislav Holub as
Vladimír Gregora as
Karel Novotný as
Antonín Rosenauer as
Otakar Matějček as
Vasil Maliňák as
Petr Maděra as
Karel Vondrák as
Jiří Divecký as
Ladislav Fallada as
Ahmed Hamimou as
Miroslav Krejča as
Emil Lenz as
Ladislav Ott as
Felipe Popoca as
Halim Shatat as
Shyam Shrestha as
Jaroslav Balzer as
Rudolf Dvořák as
Josef Goldbach as
Karel Texel as
Jaroslava Semrádová as
Ismail Hennawi as
Josef Holý as
Jaroslav Rada as
Nikolaj Stamenov as
Bohumil Svoboda as
Antonín Žemlička as
Jiří Wohanka as Soldier
Jaroslav Drbohlav as Soldier
Václav Knop as Soldier
Zdeněk Mucha as Soldier
Jan Schaffer as Soldier
Jiří Bím as Soldier
František Čadil as Musician
Karel Hajn as Musician
Bohuslav Homolka as Musician
František Hradil as Musician
Jaroslav Chadim as Musician
Antonín Kozel as Musician
Václav Lexa as Musician
Vlastimil Lupínek as Musician
Jaroslav Menšík as Musician
Jiří Myslivec as Musician
Ladislav Šauer as Musician
Josef Štěpánek as Musician
Václav Záhora as Musician
Antonín Hubáček as Musician
Jiří Hlaváček as Musician
Jaroslav Šmatlák as Musician
Karel Šébl as Musician
Václav Kužel as Musician
Miroslav Nováček as Musician
Theodor Osvald as Musician
Oldřich Runštuk as Musician
Jaroslav Rychtera as Musician
Miloš Shrbený as Musician
František Šrajer as Musician
Taras Petrenko as Musician
František Smolík as Musician
František Jákl as Soldier
Ludvík Wolf as Soldier
Jaroslav Tomsa as Soldier
Zdeněk Srstka as Soldier
Jaroslav Klenot as Soldier
Jiří Klenot as Soldier
Michal Čuška as Soldier
Zlatomil Fabinyi as Soldier
Miroslav Jíra as Soldier
Jiří Kasík as Soldier
Jiří Sládek as Soldier
Karel Vítek as Soldier
Karel Hlušička as Commentary (voice)
Vladimír Fiser as Radio Announcer (voice)
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