The Man Who Stood In the Way

2023 | 0 minutes | 6.2 ★ (4)

The Man Who Stood In the Way
  • Overview

    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.

  • Release Date

    25 May 2023

  • DirectingPetr Nikolaev
  • Budget

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