The Heroes Are Silent
1946 Czechoslovak war drama film
- 4 October 1946 (1946-10-04)
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The Heroes Are Silent (Czech: Hrdinové mlčí) is a 1946 Czechoslovak war drama film directed by Miroslav Cikán and starring Ladislav Boháč, Zdeněk Dítě and František Filipovský.[1] [2] The film's sets were designed by the art director Stepán Kopecký. It was one of a large number of films portraying Czech wartime resistance made in the years after the conflict had ended.[3]
Synopsis
After his brother is killed by the German occupiers, a publisher joins the Czech resistance and destroys a railway bridge in a bid to rescue hostages from execution.
Cast
- Ladislav Bohác as Vojtéch Tomek
- Zdenek Díte as Jan Tomek
- Frantisek Filipovský as Vilém Kolta
- Josef Parízek as Vitek Dolina
- Jarmila Smejkalová as Eva Matousková
- Sylva Langova as Marta Vondrová
- Marie Blazková as Anna Frýbová
- Jindrich Plachta as učitel Josef Frýba
- Vítezslav Vejrazka as Kurt Seppke
- Bohus Hradil as Peitsch
- Frantisek Vnoucek as Franz Wessely
- Josef Kotapis as Tonda, voják na nádraží
- Eman Fiala as chlubivý voják
- Vladimír Hlavatý as bojovník s páskou
- Vladimír Smeral as partyzán převlečený za četníka
- Bedrich Vrbský as as advokát JUDr. Ladislav Kovář
- Zdenek Rehor as Úredník na dráze
References
Bibliography
- Karl, Lars & Skopal, Pavel. Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. Berghahn Books, 2015.
- Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies. Springer Nature, 2023.
External links
- Hrdinové mlčí at the Internet Movie Database
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Films directed by Miroslav Cikán
- The Mystery of the Blue Room (1933)
- The House in the Suburbs (1933)
- The Heroic Captain Korkorán (1934)
- U nás v Kocourkově (1934)
- Na Svatém Kopečku (1934)
- Man in Demand on All Sides (1934)
- Na růžích ustláno (1935)
- Raging Barbora (1935)
- Král ulice (1935)
- Lojzička (1936)
- The Comedian's Princess (1936)
- Poslíček lásky (1937)
- Děvče za výkladem (1937)
- Vzdušné torpédo 48 (1937)
- Battalion (1937)
- Andula Won (1937)
- Not a Word About Love (1937)
- Její pastorkyně (1938)
- Vandiny trampoty (1938)
- Svět kde se žebrá (1938)
- Forbidden Love (1938)
- Kdybych byl tátou (1939)
- Dobře situovaný pán (1939)
- V pokušení (1939)
- Studujeme za školou (1939)
- Příklady táhnou (1939)
- Eighteen Years Old (1939)
- Finally Alone (1940)
- Happiness for Two (1940)
- Pelikán má alibi (1940)
- For a Friend (1940)
- Provdám svou ženu (1941)
- From the Czech Mills (1941)
- Karel and I (1942)
- U pěti veverek (1944)
- Veselá bída (1944)
- Das schwarze Schaf (1944) (as Friedrich Zittau)
- Glück unterwegs (1944) (as Friedrich Zittau)
- Paklíč (1944)
- The Avalanche (1946)
- The Heroes Are Silent (1946)
- Alena (1947)
- Matouš the Cobbler (1948)
- Případ Z-8 (1949)
- Steam Above a Pot (1950)
- The Struggle Will End Tomorrow (1951)
- A Warning (1953)
- Na konci města (1955)
- Muž v povětří (1956)
- Jurášek (1957)
- Konec cesty (1960)
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