Days of Betrayal

The story

This feature film based on the events of 1938 is a chronicle of the futile efforts of the Czechoslovak president Edvard Benes (Jirí Pleskot), politicians and ordinary citizens, to save the independence and the territorial integrity of the state from the advance of Hitler's Germany. On the 29th of March 1938 the leader of the Sudeten Germans Henlein (Werner Ehrlicher) has a meeting with Hitler (Gunnar Möller). Hitler orders him to intensify pressure on the Czechoslovak government. On the 24th of April in Carlsbad, the Sudetendeutsche Partei (Sudeten German Party) decides upon eight demands that are unacceptable to the Czechoslovak President, since they would ultimately lead to the break-up of the Republic. Benes still shows a certain willingness to negotiate, and Henlein resents this. The Germans are determined to make further negotiations impossible through incidents and violence.

Cast

J Jiří Pleskot B Bohumil Pastorek G Gunnar Möller J Jaroslav Radimecký M Martin Gregor B Bořivoj Navrátil O Otakar Brousek J Josef Langmiler R Rudolf Krátký G Günther Zschieschow F Fred Alexander R Rudolf Jurda

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Č Čestmír Řanda W Werner Ehrlicher V Vladimír Šmeral J Jaroslav Rozsíval J Jaromír Hanzlík J Jiří Krampol V Vítězslav Jandák J Jaroslava Tichá R Renáta Doleželová W Wilhelm Koch-Hooge G Gustav Nezval J Jiří Dušek V Vladimír Pavlar V Vladislav Strzhelchik O Ota Sklenčka V Vladimír Stach S Svatopluk Beneš J Jaroslav Raušer V Vladimír Salač M Michal Dočolomanský L Ladislav Lakomý M Milan Riehs V Vladimír Hlavatý G Gerhard Rachold W Werner Wieland J Jan Schánilec F František Vicena I Ilja Prachař J Jiří Holý J Josef Němeček F František Zvarík L Ladislav Kazda M Milan Holubář E Erich Brauer E Emma Černá J Jaroslav Dufek P Pavel Spálený M Martin Štěpánek K Karel Vlček J Josef Větrovec R Rudolf Velický S Stanislav Zindulka M Miloš Nedbal G Gustav Opočenský K Karel Peyr B Bohumil Šmída J Josef Somr R Rudolf Chromek M Miroslav Saic I Iva Hüttnerová M Martin Linda S Siegfried Loyda J Jaroslav Satoranský R Raoul Schránil J Josef Vorel J Jaroslav Esop E Emil Horváth P Petr Oliva K Karel Hábl M Michal Pavlata M Miroslav Zounar V Václav Kotva J Jan Teplý S Svatopluk Skládal V Vladimír Ptáček Š Štěpán Bulejko O Oldřich Velen I Ivo Kubečka