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Higher Principle

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During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.

movie

Status: Released

Released Date: 1960-11-23

Runtime: 104 mins

Director: Jiří Krejčík

Spoken language: Český, Deutsch

Genres: Drama

Original title: Higher Principle

Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov

Production Countries: Czechoslovakia

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