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Quiet American in Prague (1978)
Directed by Josef Mach, Štěpán Skalský
Overview
In the era of normalization, even seemingly buried agent stories came back. This one takes place in the immediate post-war years and tells the story of the discovery of a spy network that an American diplomat was spinning on Czech territory. He was unsuccessful: first, a close associate, who was proven to have collaborated with the Nazis during the war, committed suicide, followed by the intervention of the vigilant Security Service. However, the fleeing Americans were joined “in return” by a Czechoslovak agent… This naive adventure story could hardly be taken seriously. The book, which served as the basis for the film, was written based on actual events that took place in 1948.
Actors
Barbara Brylska | Josef Langmiler | Miroslav Zounar | Miroslav Moravec | Vladimír Ráž | Radovan Lukavský | František Němec | Svatopluk Beneš | Jiří Holý | Alois Švehlík | Bořivoj Navrátil | Jiří Štěpnička | Tomás Sedlácek | Wilhelm Koch-Hooge | Viktor Maurer | Hana Talpová | Vladimír Ptáček | Vilém Besser | Oldřich Velen | Petr Skarke | Jiří Lír | Josef Střecha | Miroslav Částek | Miroslav Krejča | Jindra Kvardová | Michal Malý | Vladimír Pospíšil | Jana Robenková | Zdeněk Směták | Vladimír Navrátil | Vladimír Bičík | Karel Engel | Gustav Jankovský | Zdeněk Srstka | Karel Sekera | Václav Hrůza | Jan Sieber | Zdeněk Zámečník | Jaroslav Wagner | Jiří Kosek | Bohumil Koska | Libuše Švormová