Higher Principle
- Original title
- Vyssí principaka
- AKA
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- Vissi princip
- Year
- 1960
- Running time
- 104 min.
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Director
- Screenwriter
- Cast
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- Frantisek Smolík
- Jana Brejchová
- Ivan Mistrík
- Alexander Postler
- Jan Smid
- Petr Kostka
- Bohus Záhorský
- Radovan Lukavský
- Gustav Hilmar
- Václav Lohniský
- Marie Vásová
- Otomar Krejca
- Hannjo Hasse
- Frantisek Palka
- Rudolf Hrusínsky
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- Music
- Cinematography
Jaroslav Tuzar (B&W)- Producer
- Genre
- Drama | II World War. Nazism. Education. 1940s
- Movie Groups
- Jan Drda Adaptations
- Synopsis
- The story of High school in Czechoslovakia during occupation by Nazi Germany, where three students are arrested by Gestapo. After the assessination of deputy Reichsprotektor Reinhard Heydrich, the German authorities of the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia declare curfew, and shootings become more frequent. Three high-school students are arrested by the Gestapo the following day of Heydrich's death.
- Awards
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1960: Locarno Film Festival: Best Actress (Jana Brejchová), FIPRESCI Award
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