Top Cast
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Oldřich Lukeš
Franta
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Jaroslav Mareš
Jan
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Bohuš Hradil
Karel Žíbek, Jan's father
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Jana Dítětová
Marie
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František Kovářík
Kolarik
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Marie Nademlejnská
Marie's mother
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Bedřich Vilský
Josef Žíbek, Jan's brother
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Majka Tomášová
Ludmila, Josef's wife
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Karel Peyr
boss von Doderer
Overview
The course of an organized strike by workers from North Moravian steelworks in 1931 to resist mass layoffs during the economic crisis.
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