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Status
Released
Release
1953
Runtime
1h 53m
American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic Czechoslovakia. The plane lands in West Germany, but the Americans have an unexpected problem convincing the hijackers to stay in the West. Based on a true story.
77 Cast Members
Jiří Dohnal
passenger Horvát, deputy
Ladislav Pešek
passenger Prokop, development worker
Antonín Klimša
passenger Gerbec, miner
Bohuš Záhorský
passenger Ryšánek, associate professor
Jaroslav Mareš
passenger Tonic, fitter
Božena Obrová
passenger Liduška, Toník's wife
František Klika
passenger Řezníček, a former café owner
Miloš Kopecký
passenger Rychman, musician
Soňa Červená
passenger Grábnerová, the pilot's wife
Jozef Sodoma
passenger Ján Hajdaš, miner
Rudolf Deyl
passenger Karfík, engineer
Alena Kautská
passenger, mother of the child
František Hanus
passenger, forester
Ludmila Vostrčilová
passenger Gavendová, actress
Jan Maška
passenger Gray, jeweler
František Peterka
passenger boxer
Inocenc Březina
traveling grandfather Bajgar, a cooperative
Josef Steigl
Komenda passenger, insurance company inspector
Ladislav Mandík
passenger František
Oldřich Vykypěl
aircraft captain František Brázda
