The Man Who Stood In the Way
A story of an individual standing up to the Soviet Union
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A drama that tells the story of the physician and politician MUDr. František Kriegel, the hero of the Prague Spring of 1968, who was arrested and kidnapped to Moscow on the night of August 21st together with five leaders of the party and the state (Dubček, Černík, Smrkovský, Špaček and Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who managed to stand up to Brezhnev in Moscow captivity, even under the threat of liquidation, and not to sign the Moscow Protovol which meant agreeing to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.
Ramūnas Greičius
Director of Photography
Ivan Fíla
Writer
Mária Rudlovčáková
Dramaturgy
Miroslav Oščatka
Dramaturgy
Andrea Králová
Costume Design
Eva Ungrová-Malíková
Makeup Artist
Jan Vlček
Production Design
Kateřina Špůrová Křížkovská
Executive Producer
Pavel Šmídmajer
Producer
Andriy Suyarko
Co-Producer