''Silent Barricade'' ( cs, Němá barikáda) is a 1949 Czechoslovak
war film
War film is a film genre concerned with warfare, typically about naval, air, or land battles, with combat scenes central to the drama. It has been strongly associated with the 20th century. The fateful nature of battle scenes means that war fi ...
about the
Prague uprising
The Prague uprising ( cs, Pražské povstání) was a partially successful attempt by the Czech resistance movement to liberate the city of Prague from German occupation in May 1945, during the end of World War II. The preceding six years of o ...
at the end of
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
directed by
Otakar Vávra
Otakar Vávra (28 February 1911 – 15 September 2011) was a Czech film director, screenwriter and pedagogue. He was born in Hradec Králové, Austria-Hungary, now part of the Czech Republic.
Biography and career
Vávra attended universities i ...
.
Cast
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Jaroslav Průcha
Jaroslav Průcha (24 April 1898 – 25 April 1963) was a Czechoslovakian film actor. He appeared in more than 50 films between 1929 and 1963. He is buried at the Vyšehrad Cemetery.
Selected filmography
* '' Paradise Road'' (1936)
* ''Skel ...
as Hošek
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Barbara Drapińska as Halina
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Jaroslav Marvan
Jaroslav Marvan (11 December 1901 – 21 May 1974) was a Czech actor. He was born in Prague. He was married since the 1920s with Marie Marvanová and had a daughter (Alena Marvanová) with Alena Jančaříková.
He passed his school-leaving ...
as strážník Brůček
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Vladimír Šmeral
Vladimír Šmeral (16 October 1903, in Drásov – 15 March 1982, in Prague) was a Czech actor.
Life
Šmeral started acting in Zemské divadlo in Brno. He moved to Prague and acted in Liberated Theatre, E. F. Burian's theatre and Divadlo na Po ...
as František Kroupa
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Marie Vášová
Marie may refer to:
People Name
* Marie (given name)
* Marie (Japanese given name)
* Marie (murder victim), girl who was killed in Florida after being pushed in front of a moving vehicle in 1973
* Marie (died 1759), an enslaved Cree person in T ...
as Nedvědová
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Robert Vrchota as Sergeant
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Jiří Plachý Jiří (; ''YI-RZHEE''), the Czech is a masculine given name, equivalent to English George, may refer to:
Given name
B
* Jiří Antonín Benda
* Jiří Baborovský
*Jiří Barta
*Jiří Bartoška
* Jiří Bicek
* Jiří Bobok
*Jiří Bubla
*Jiř ...
as Uhlíř
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Jaromír Spal as Tramway Conductor
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Jaroslav Zrotal as Tramway Driver
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Eva Karelová as Tramway Conductor
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Jaroslava Panenková as Hošková
References
External links
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1949 films
1949 drama films
1940s war drama films
1940s Czech-language films
Czechoslovak black-and-white films
Films directed by Otakar Vávra
Czech war drama films
Czech black-and-white films
Czech resistance to Nazi occupation in film
Czechoslovak drama films
Czech World War II films
Czechoslovak World War II films
1940s Czech films
Films scored by Jiří Srnka
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