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Title Life was the Stake
Production Date 1956
Country of Production Czechoslovakia
Duration 01:38:47
Production Company Czechoslovak State Film
Film Subject Era 1939-1945
Genre Drama
Summary Psychological drama set in Czechoslovakia which follows the lives of one family as they become involved in the resistance movement during the Nazi occupation.
Subjects Second World War (1939-1945); Military aircraft; Bombing; Navy; German army; History; Women; Marriage; Resistance movements; Suicide; Occupation of territories; Gestapo; Wars
Director Weiss, Jiri
Cast
Cast member:
Höger, Karel, Chramastová, Vlasta, Somes, J., Drahan, J., Dite, Zdenek, Neumannova, S., Krejča, Otomar, Holar, F., Narenta, J.

Contributors
Story:
Benes, K. J.

Screenplay:
Benes, K. J., Weiss, Jiri

Photography:
Novotny, V.

Art Director:
Kulic, B.

Music:
Srnka, Jiri

Conductor:
Belfin, F.

Editor:
Hajek, M.

Sound:
Hurka, M.

People Hitler, Adolf (1889-1945)
Places Germany; Czechoslovakia
Fiction/Non Fiction Fiction
Sound Sound
Colour Format Black and White
Film Format 16mm Comb BW pos
Language Czech (Dialogue); English (Subtitles)
Module Wars & Revolutions
BFI Identifier N-507348
Copyright The British Film Institute