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Marathon (1968) | Slate

Marathon

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Rated 5.6 on TMDB

Marathon

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It is 5 May 1945 and the uprising against the hated German occupiers has broken out in Prague. The Czech guards open the gate of the Pankrác prison to allow the prisoners to escape en masse. Many of them are shot dead by the German guards but young Ruda (Jaromír Hanzlík) manages to run away. He is taken care of by one of the Prague fighters, concierge Kytka. Kytka hides him in the flat of the house's owner where only the young maid Karla (Jana Brejchová) is left, ordering her to take care of Ruda.

Released: 1968
Runtime: 1h 43m
Genres: Comedy, Drama, War
Country: Czechoslovakia
Language: Czech

Direction and writing

Bohumil KoubaFirst Assistant Director

Marta KřesinováAssistant Director

Cast

Jaromír Hanzlík
Jana Brejchová
Vladimír Menšík

Ivo NovákDirector, Screenplay

Where to watch

Unavailable

Karel Höger

Zdeněk Štěpánek

Bohuš Záhorský

Full cast and crew

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