In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...
Cast
Crew
Jan Hřebejk
Director
Petr Jarchovský
Screenplay, Novel
Vladimír Barák
Editor
Jan Malíř
Director of Photography
Ladislav Ondráček
First Assistant Director
Pavel Borovan
Producer
Ondřej Trojan
Producer
Martin Šácha
Camera Operator
Katarína Hollá
Costume Design
František Příhoda
Makeup & Hair
Vlasta Maléřová
Makeup & Hair
Hana Šímová
Makeup & Hair
Karel Jaroš
Sound
Aleš Březina
Original Music Composer
Milan Býček
Art Direction
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