
113 minutes
1/30/1953
American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic Czechoslovakia. The plane lands in West Germany, but the Americans have an unexpected problem convincing the hijackers to stay in the West. Based on a true story.

Jiří Dohnal
as passenger Horvát, deputy

Ladislav Pešek
as passenger Prokop, development worker
Antonín Klimša
as passenger Gerbec, miner

Bohuš Záhorský
as passenger Ryšánek, associate professor

Jaroslav Mareš
as passenger Tonic, fitter

Božena Obrová
as passenger Liduška, Toník's wife
František Klika
as passenger Řezníček, a former café owner

Miloš Kopecký
as passenger Rychman, musician

Soňa Červená
as passenger Grábnerová, the pilot's wife
Jozef Sodoma
as passenger Ján Hajdaš, miner

Rudolf Deyl
as passenger Karfík, engineer
Alena Kautská
as passenger, mother of the child

František Hanus
as passenger, forester
Ludmila Vostrčilová
as passenger Gavendová, actress
Jan Maška
as passenger Gray, jeweler

František Peterka
as passenger boxer
Inocenc Březina
as traveling grandfather Bajgar, a cooperative
Josef Steigl
as Komenda passenger, insurance company inspector
Ladislav Mandík
as passenger František

Oldřich Vykypěl
as aircraft captain František Brázda

Eduard Dubský
as pilot Josef Grábner, wrecker

Rudolf Hrušínský
as mechanic Karel Král, wrecker
Jaroslav Nedvěd
as navigator Vodička

Ladislav Boháč
as Czechoslovak consul
Karel Peyr
as President of the UN General Assembly
Mikuláš Huba
as Czechoslovak delegate to the UN

Jaroslav Průcha
as Soviet delegate to the UN

Jiří Myron
as US delegate to the UN Harris

Eduard Kohout
as US General Carrigan

Bedřich Karen
as American Colonel Mike Jacobs

Miloš Nedbal
as US Major Morris, a member of intelligence
František Miška
as US Lieutenant Lomax
Ervín Zolar
as US Captain Watts
Václav Irmanov
as US Sergeant Joe Havelka

Felix le Breux
as americký agent Douglas
Otto Tutter
as American photolaborator Denis

Josef Hlinomaz
as American Chef King
Josef Elsner
as German Wanke, a former member of the Gestapo
František Šec
as German interpreter
Zdeněk Kryzánek
as german truck driver

Jan Skopeček
as Němec Wünsch, editor Red Flag
Štěpán Bulejko
as German researcher, CEO von Glesgen
Oldřich Hoblík
as German researcher, chief engineer Pracht
Luděk Pilc
as German editor Erik

Emil Bolek
as German editor Heinrich

Miloslav Holub
as agent Ervín Šimáček, Prokop's assistant

Jaroslav Zrotal
as Bernát, director of steel mills
Adolf Král
as Imprint, member of the steelworks management

Soběslav Sejk
as inspector
Karel Fořt
as man from Chronor
Svatopluk Studený
as chaplain
Karel Svoboda
as American official at the UN
Taťána Vavřincová
as German nurse
Světla Amortová
as Liduška's mother

Jiří Bruder
as dispatcher at Prague airport

Miloš Vavruška
as dispatcher at Prague airport
František Holar
as member of the US military police

Karel Effa
as american journalist
Rudolf Myzet
as american journalist
Věra Váchová
as secretary to Harris
Anna Pitašová
as Carrigan's secretary
Luboš Ogoun
as artist
Karel Vrtiška
as artist
Vladimír Šourek
as artist

Stanislav Fišer
as German camelot

Gustav Heverle
as German agitator
Čeněk Rábl
as Strakoš

Jiřina Bohdalová
as dancer

Antonín Brož
as Dean

Jana Werichová
as stewardess at Ostrava airport
Oldřich Musil
as American agent
Jaroslav Jílovec
as member of the Soviet delegation to the UN
Jaroslav Orlický
as Venezuelan delegate to the UN
Jarmila Turnovská
as waitress in the club

Bedřich Prokoš
as man at Ostrava airport

Magda Kopřivová
as dressing room in a cafe
Jan Pilař