Released:
1965-03-12

Overview:
The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

Director:
Kurt Hoffmann

Runtime:
2h 35min

Genre:
Drama

• Cast:
• 
  Edith Schultze-Westrum
  as
  Old Woman Kauders
• 
  František Filipovský
  as
  Old Man Kauders
• 
  Ladislav Kríz
  as
  Emil Kauders
• 
  Wolfgang Kieling
  as
  Karl Marek
• 
  Rosel Schäfer
  as
  Olga Marek