The Heroes Are Silent Explained
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
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
Notes and References
- Web site: Miroslav Cikán. Česko-Slovenská filmová databáze. 11 November 2014. Czech.
- Cinema in Service of the State p.248
- Wohl & Păcurar p.348
