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Directed by
  
Jiří Krejčík

Music by
  
Zdeněk Liška

Running time
  
102 min.

Director
  
Jiří Krejčík

Art director
  
Karel Škvor

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Written by
  
Jan Drda, Jiří Krejčík

Release date
  
1960

Initial release
  
1960 (Czechoslovakia)

Story by
  
Jan Drda

Screenplay
  
Jiří Krejčík, Jan Drda


Starring
  
František Smolík, Hannjo Hasse, Jana Brejchová, Ivan Mistrík

Cast
  
Jana Brejchová, František Smolík, Petr Kostka, Ivan Mistrík, Radovan Lukavský

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".

Cast

  • František Smolík - professor Málek
  • Jana Brejchová - student Jana
  • Ivan Mistrík - student Vlastík
  • Alexander Postler - student Karel
  • Jan Šmíd - student Frantík
  • Petr Kostka - student Honza
  • Bohuš Záhorský - high school principal
  • Hannjo Hasse - Gestapo officer
  • Rudolf Hrušínský - collaborator Zajíček

    • References

    Higher Principle Wikipedia
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