

86 minutes
5/26/1972
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.

Magda Vášáryová
as Maruška Kudeříková
Viera Strnisková
as Mother

Július Vašek
as Father

Václav Helšus

Dagmar Bláhová
as Julinka

Hana Pastejříková
as Jarka

Hana Maciuchová

Jana Andresíková
Alžběta Frejková
Zora Rozsypalová

Valerie Kaplanová
Gisela Fojtů
Jozef Čierny

Dušan Blaškovič
Leoš Kaltofen

Ladislav Mrkvička

Vítězslav Jandák

Jiří Zahajský
Jan Ekl
Miloš Bílek

Miroslav Kolář
Zdeněk Kampf
Helena Nováčková
Eva Jiroušková
Daniela Šrajerová
Milica Kolofíková
Jiří Prýmek

Oto Ševčík
Karel Šebesta

Miroslav Moravec

Jindřich Narenta
Eduard Rzimek
Václav Špidla

Anna Ferencová
Ilona Kubásková

Ladislav Trojan
Slávka Španková
Jana Dolanská

Zdeněk Srstka
Otakar Rademacher
Karel Sekera
Karel Engel
Emil Lenz
Jiří Ptáčník
Alois Mottl
Eduard Pavlíček
Ferdinand Šnajberk
Jan Rott

Milena Šajdková
Zuzana Talpová
Josef Skrčený
Luděk Svoboda
H. Staub
Lubomír Polách
R. Tesař