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Divided We Fall
(2000)
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Divided We Fall
(2000)
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Bolek Polívka | ... |
Josef Cízek
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Anna Sisková | ... |
Marie Cizková
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Csongor Kassai | ... |
David Wiener
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Jaroslav Dusek | ... |
Horst Prohaska
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Martin Huba | ... |
Dr. Albrecht Kepke
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Jirí Pecha | ... |
Frantisek Simácek
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Simona Stasová | ... |
Libuse Simácková
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Vladimir Marek | ... |
SS Officer
(as Vladimír Marek)
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Richard Tesarík | ... |
Captain
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Karel Hermánek | ... |
Captain
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Otto Sevcík | ... |
SS Offcier
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Jirí Kodet | ... |
Dr. Fischer-Rybáf
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Petr Knotek | ||
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Helena Neuwirthová | ||
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Nelly Kocarjan | ||
In World War II Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia, a childless couple, Josef and Marie Cizek, can only watch while the Jewish family of their employers, the Wieners, are first removed from their own home to a spare room in their house by the Nazis, then removed to the far off facility of Thierenstadt. Years later, young David Wiener, the sole surviving member of that family has managed to escape and make it to the Cizeks. Although fully aware of the extreme danger of harbouring a Jew in the Third Reich, the Cizek's can not permit themselves to leave David to certain death and agree to hide him. However, this decision leads to terrible danger of discovery by the Nazis and especially their friend and Nazi collaborator, Horst Prohazka, who is attracted to Marie. With desperate cleverness and luck, the Cizeks struggle to keep the secret, even when Horst begins to suspect. In doing so, they find... Written by Kenneth Chisholm <kchishol@rogers.com>
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