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The Man Who Stood In the Way

The Man Who Stood In the Way

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Status

Released

Release Date

May 25, 2023

Genres

Drama, History

User Score

62%

Original Title

Muž, který stál v cestě

Production Companies

Bio Illusion, Artbox, Insight Media Producing Center

Director

Petr Nikolaev

Description

A drama that tells the story of the physician and politician MUDr. František Kriegel, the hero of the Prague Spring of 1968, who was arrested and kidnapped to Moscow on the night of August 21st together with five leaders of the party and the state (Dubček, Černík, Smrkovský, Špaček and Šimon). He was the only Czechoslovak politician who managed to stand up to Brezhnev in Moscow captivity, even under the threat of liquidation, and not to sign the Moscow Protovol which meant agreeing to the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1968.