Overview
In 1951, the well-known Czech actress Jiřina Štěpničková receives a letter from Austria from director František Čáp, who has recently emigrated. He invites her to the West and promises her roles in theater and film. She decides to seize the opportunity and flee. Together with a small group of people and her young son Jirka, she entrusts herself to a smuggler and embarks on a risky journey across the border. But something goes wrong. They are caught. Everything had been planned in advance. The smuggler himself is a member of the StB. But that's only the beginning.
Cast
- Zuzana Stivínová as Jiřina Štěpničková
- Adam Vojtek as syn Jirka
- Štěpán Gajdošík as syn Jirka starší
- Igor Orozovič as vyšetřovatel Doubek
- Jitka Ježková as Klára Doubková
- Prokop Koleňák as Honzík Doubek
- Kristýna Frejová as prokurátorka Matušínská
- Lenka Zahradnická as herečka Eva
- Daniel Bambas as herec Olda Pilát
- Jan Novotný as velitel a režisér Jan Hrůza