98 minutes
10/1/1989
Otakar Vávra dedicated his latest film to events accompanying the devastation of the first World War. It takes place in representative centers of power, in the courts of Vienna, Berlin and Moscow. In parallel, it develops the fate of the Czech archivist, who will take part in the Serbian anti-Austrian branch.
Jiří Bartoška
as Václav Kavan
Rudolf Hrušínský
as Franz Joseph I
Jürgen Frohriep
as Wilhelm II
Andrei Rostotsky
as Nicholas II
Josef Vinklář
as Archduke Franz Ferdinand
Nelli Pshyonnaya
as Alexandra Feodorovna
Aleksandr Porokhovshchikov
as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov
Zora Jandová
as Draga Simić
Martin Růžek
as Dr. Paul Schönbeck
Josef Somr
as Count Leopold Berchtold
Hans-Joachim Hanisch
as Helmuth von Moltke
Herbert Sturm
as Count István Tisza
Rolf Colditz
as Count Karl Stürgh
Gustav Opočenský
as Count Hartenberg
Ernst Heise
as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf
Svatopluk Beneš
as Count Eduard von Paar
Pavol Mikulík
as Raymond Poincaré
Jozef Adamovič
as Lord Edward Grey
Oldřich Vízner
as Ivan Olbracht
Petr Kostka
as Dr. Berth Leopold Schönbeck-Mannesmann
Otakar Brousek
as Oscar von Potiorek
Stanislav Zindulka
as Eugen Ketterle
Jiří Klem
as Jovan Jovanić
Jitka Žídková
as Lída Kavanová
Dáša Neblechová
as Kavan's Mother-in-Law
Blanka Blahníková
as Uršula
Drahoslava Landsmanová
as Schönbeck's Wife
Oldřich Velen
Jiří Wohanka
Milan Sandhaus
Josef Šebek
Roman Hemala
Roman Janoušek
Zdeněk Podhůrský
Marek Pavlovský
Jan Cmíral
Hugo Kaminský
Milan Mach
Vladimír Pospíšil
Milan Riehs
Jindřich Narenta
Dana Klossová
Otto Kinský
Antonín Gája
Eva Hořánková
Vladimír Huber
Jiří Strach
Ruth Reinecke
as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt
Ernst Steiner
as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès
Eckhard Bilz
Vera Kuznetsova
Anzhelika Nevolina
as Maid with a Dress
Leoš Kaltofen
Petr Skarke
Roman Hájek
Michal Kocourek
Stanislav Lehký
Tomáš Valík
Josef Vrána
František Vláčil ml.
J. Kropáček
Miloš Mikula
as Musician
Jiří Mindl
as Musician
V. Kalivoda
as Musician
Vojtěch Šebestík
as Musician
Jiří Adamíra
as Narrator (voice)
Jan Schánilec
as Sergei Dmitryevich Sazonov (voice)
Jiří Samek
as Helmuth von Moltke (voice)
Petr Pelzer
as Count István Tisza (voice)
Soběslav Sejk
as Count Karl Stürgh (voice)
Karel Pospíšil
as Baron Franz Conrad von Hötzendorf (voice)
Pavel Soukup
as Lord Edward Grey (voice)
Libuše Geprtová
as Princess Marie Auguste of Anhalt (voice)
Rudolf Pellar
as Prince Friedrich von Pourtalès (voice)
Ilona Svobodová
as Maid with a Dress (voice)
Oldřich Janovský
as German Crown Councillor (voice)
Karel Hlušička
as German Crown Councillor (voice)
Pavel Pípal
as Russian General (voice)
Jiří Pleskot
as Mitič (voice)
Boris Rösner
as Adjutant to Wilhelm II (voice)
Vlastimil Zavřel
as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)
Josef Velda
as Servant of Wilhelm II (voice)
Pavel Rímský
as Adjutant to Nicholas II
Bedřich Šetena
as Jules Cambon (voice)
Karel Chromík
as German Ship Captain (voice)
Ferdinand Krůta
as German Court Physician (voice)
Jaroslav Vágner
as German General (voice)
Vladimír Kudla
as Russian Officer (voice)
Bohuslav Kalva
as Russian Doorman (voice)
Josef Nedorost
as German Sailor (voice)
Luděk Nešleha
as Russian Lieutenant (voice)