The Borstal
A young teacher is sent to a rural reform school, where he is faced with brutality of the inmates.
A young teacher is sent to a rural reform school, where he is faced with brutality of the inmates.
Ivan Vyskočil
Teacher
Václav Sloup
Topol
Ivan Chocholouš
Štrobach
Vilém Besser
Director
Zdeněk Kryzánek
Kostelecký
Jiří Smutný
Helebrandt
Vladimír Krška
Krofta
Jiří Krampol
Holub
Hana Kreihanslová
Headmaster
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