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I Survived Certain Death

I Survived Certain Death

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Drama

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Telling the prisoners of a death camp. Boxer Tony Majer, who got into a concentration camp for a fight with the Gestapo, remembers the murderous work in quarries, on the cruel torture of the Nazis and prison solidarity that helped him survive.

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Budget

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Revenue

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Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Runtime

93 mins

Rating

0/10

Release Date

18 November 1960

Country

Czechoslovakia

Cast

František Peterka

František Peterka

Tonda Majer

Jiří Sovák

Jiří Sovák

Josef

Václav Lohniský

Václav Lohniský

Ruda

Martin Ťapák

Martin Ťapák

Vaska

Paul Berndt

Paul Berndt

SS-Scharführer

Hans-Joachim Hegewald

Hans-Joachim Hegewald

SS-Hauptscharf'uhrer

Fred Delmare

Fred Delmare

Unek

Fred Düren

Fred Düren

Georg

Wojciech Siemion

Wojciech Siemion

Tadek

Rudolf Asmus

Rudolf Asmus

Vlastimil Brodský

Vlastimil Brodský

lékař

Vladislav Hamšík

Vladislav Hamšík

SS-Hauptscharführer

Miroslav Homola

Miroslav Homola

Manažer

Vladimír Menšík

Vladimír Menšík

kápo Hranáč, dříve kasař

Ervín Zolar

Ervín Zolar

písař

Václav Babka

Václav Babka

Vítězslav Černý

Vítězslav Černý

Richard Falbr

Richard Falbr

Ladislav Gzela

Ladislav Gzela

Jarka Pižla

Jarka Pižla

Hana Hegerová

Hana Hegerová

Július Torma

Július Torma

Karel Jelínek

Karel Jelínek

Eugen Jegorov

Eugen Jegorov

Josef Koza

Josef Koza

Zdeněk Kutil

Zdeněk Kutil

Jiří Lír

Jiří Lír

František Miška

František Miška

Jindřich Narenta

Jindřich Narenta

František Pálka

František Pálka

Zdeněk Řehoř

Zdeněk Řehoř

Giorgos Skalenakis

Giorgos Skalenakis

Jan Šelle

Jan Šelle

Oto Ševčík

Oto Ševčík

Zlatomír Vacek

Zlatomír Vacek

Jiří Hanibal

Jiří Hanibal

Cyril Hykel

Cyril Hykel

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