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Film / 1962
Midnight Mass
Directed by
Jiří Krejčík
On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.
The story
On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.
Cast
Hana MeličkováVilma Kubisová
Jozef KronerValentin Kubis
Margit BaraAngela
Hannjo HasseBrecker
Ladislav ChudíkPalo
Karol MachataMarián Kubis
Emília VášáryováKatka Malishova
Ivan MistríkDurko Kubis
Jindřich NarentaWioherd
Vladimír ŠmeralFarár
Jiří PleskotDr. Rasko
Eva Mária ChalupováSaleswoman
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Gašpar ArbetJozko
Karol Jaura
Mária Markovičová
Ľudovít GreššoOld villager
Elo RomančíkDr. Harman
Michal Belák
Elena RampákováMother with baby
Anton MichaličkaChurchman
Ivan Kauzlarič
Zdeno Flat
Štefan BenekGerman soldier
Ján Kákoni
Dezider Janda
Oľga Adamčíková
Ján Gubala
Magda Husáková-Lokvencová
Martin Kolesár
Ján KlimoNarrator (voice)
Eva KristínováAngela (voice)
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