Autumn 1944. A doctor is accused in the collaboration with the Nazis and found guilty...
Acting
Němec's crumbling composure in the interrogation scenes.
Direction
Sequens traps you in rooms with no escape routes.
Writing
Dialogue that weaponizes politeness.
Director
Jiří Sequens
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
Made during the Brezhnev-era 'Normalization,' this was one of few Czech films to critically examine post-war retribution rather than heroism. The regime tolerated it because it targeted 1944, not 1968.
Sequens based the structure on actual trial documents, which is why Kodet's 'guilt' remains ambiguous—many accused doctors genuinely treated German soldiers while saving Czech lives.
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