Screen adaptation of Julius Fucik's story about communist fighters.
Social & External
The people behind it
Ilja Racek
Julius Fučík
Libuše Švormová
Gustina Fucíková
Zdeněk Štěpánek
Pesek
Rudolf Deyl
Malec
Václav Lohniský
Koklar
Ota Sklenčka
Kolínský
Zdeněk Kutil
Prásek
Lubor Tokoš
Jan Zika
Svatopluk Matyáš
Cerný
Rudolf Hrušínský
Böhm
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