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7.5 2h 35m

The House in Karp Lane

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

Top Cast

  • Edith Schultze-Westrum

    Edith Schultze-Westrum

    Old Woman Kauders

  • František Filipovský

    František Filipovský

    Old Man Kauders

  • Ladislav Kríz

    Ladislav Kríz

    Emil Kauders

  • Wolfgang Kieling

    Wolfgang Kieling

    Karl Marek

  • Rosel Schäfer

    Rosel Schäfer

    Olga Marek

  • Helmut Schmid

    Helmut Schmid

    Leutnant Slezak

  • Walter Taub

    Walter Taub

    Salomon Laufer

  • Hana Vítová

    Hana Vítová

    Mali Laufer

  • Peter Herrmann

    Peter Herrmann

    Ernst Laufer

Overview

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

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