One professor. A spy ring. The Nazis never saw him coming.
During World War II, a German university professor creates a spy ring that supplies the Allies with information about Nazi plans...
Acting
Karel Höger's simmering restraint as the unassuming professor
Direction
Klein builds tension through silence and sideways glances
Writing
Dialogue where every casual word could be fatal
Director
Dušan Klein
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during Normalization, this was one of the few Czech films allowed to critique fascism while subtly commenting on Soviet occupation—audiences knew the real target.
Karel Höger, a Jewish actor who survived Theresienstadt, brought lived trauma to his performance; director Klein later called it 'the role that haunted him.'
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