1989-10-01
98 mins
The Plot
Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.
Cast and Crew
Jiří Bartoška
Václav Kavan
Rudolf Hrušínský
Franz Joseph I
Jürgen Frohriep
Wilhelm II
Andrei Rostotsky
Nicholas II
Josef Vinklář
Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Nelli Pshyonnaya
Alexandra Feodorovna
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov
Zora Jandová
Draga Simić
Martin Růžek
Dr. Paul Schönbeck
Josef Somr
Count Leopold Berchtold
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
Helmuth von Moltke
Herbert Sturm
Count István Tisza
Rolf Colditz
Count Karl Stürgh
Gustav Opočenský
Count Hartenberg
Ernst Heise
Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Svatopluk Beneš
Count Eduard von Paar
Pavol Mikulík
Raymond Poincaré
Jozef Adamovič
Lord Edward Grey
Oldřich Vízner
Ivan Olbracht
Petr Kostka
Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann
Otakar Brousek
Oscar von Potiorek
Stanislav Zindulka
Eugen Ketterle
Jiří Klem
Jovan Jovanić
Jitka Žídková
Lída Kavanová
Dáša Neblechová
Kavan's Mother-in-Law
Blanka Blahníková
Uršula
Drahoslava Landsmanová
Schönbeck's Wife
Oldřich Velen
Jiří Wohanka
Milan Sandhaus
Josef Šebek
Roman Hemala
Roman Janoušek
Zdeněk Podhůrský
Marek Pavlovský
Jan Cmíral
Hugo Kaminský
Milan Mach
Vladimír Pospíšil
Milan Riehs
Jindřich Narenta
Dana Klossová
Otto Kinský
Antonín Gája
Eva Hořánková
Vladimír Huber
Jiří Strach
Ruth Reinecke
Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt
Ernst Steiner
Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès
Eckhard Bilz
Vera Kuznetsova
Anzhelika Nevolina
Maid with a Dress
Leoš Kaltofen
Petr Skarke
Roman Hájek
Michal Kocourek
Stanislav Lehký
Tomáš Valík
Josef Vrána
František Vláčil ml.
J. Kropáček
Miloš Mikula
Musician
Jiří Mindl
Musician
V. Kalivoda
Musician
Vojtěch Šebestík
Musician
Jiří Adamíra
Narrator (voice)
Jan Schánilec
Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)
Jiří Samek
Helmuth von Moltke (voice)
Petr Pelzer
Count István Tisza (voice)
Soběslav Sejk
Count Karl Stürgh (voice)
Karel Pospíšil
Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)
Pavel Soukup
Lord Edward Grey (voice)
Libuše Geprtová
Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)
Rudolf Pellar
Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)
Ilona Svobodová
Maid with a Dress (voice)
Oldřich Janovský
German Crown Councillor (voice)
Karel Hlušička
German Crown Councillor (voice)
Pavel Pípal
Russian General (voice)
Jiří Pleskot
Mitič (voice)
Boris Rösner
Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)
Vlastimil Zavřel
Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)
Josef Velda
Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)
Pavel Rímský
Adjutant to Nicholas II
Bedřich Šetena
Jules Cambon (voice)
Karel Chromík
German Ship Captain (voice)
Ferdinand Krůta
German Court Physician (voice)
Jaroslav Vágner
German General (voice)
Vladimír Kudla
Russian Officer (voice)
Bohuslav Kalva
Russian Doorman (voice)
Josef Nedorost
German Sailor (voice)