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Running time 102 min. Director Jiří Krejčík Art director Karel Škvor | 8.4/10 Release date 1960 Initial release 1960 (Czechoslovakia) Screenplay Jiří Krejčík, Jan Drda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Cast Similar Romeo - Juliet and Darkness, Protektor, Transport from Paradise, Forbidden Dreams, The Shop on Main Street |
Higher Principle (Czech: Vyšší princip) is a Czech drama film based on the eponymous short story from the book Silent Barricade (Czech: Němá barikáda) written by Jan Drda in 1946. The story, taking place during the Nazi occupation, is about relationship between students and their elderly teacher of Latin. After three of their classmates are killed by Nazis during the murderous hysteria following the assassination of general Heydrich (just because they made fun of Heydrich), the teacher risks his own life but gains the respect of all students declaring that: From the standpoint of higher principles the killing of a tyrant is not a crime!
The movie was released in 1960 and was temporaly banned in West Germany as the "anti-German film".
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