
Barrandov Studios, once one of Europe’s most modern film factories, became both a cultural refuge and a propaganda tool under Nazi occupation, churning out Czech comedies and romances to keep the public distracted while its actors mingled with German authorities. After the war, many of those same stars faced accusations of collaboration, their meteoric Protectorate-era fame tainted by the compromises they made to keep the cameras rolling under shifting regimes.

as Arnošt Žák

as Alenka

as Zdeněk Štěpánek

as Miloš Havel

as Lili Krallová

as Otakar Vávra

as Emil Vokolek

as Jaroslav Marvan

as Arnošt Žák (ve stáří)

as Oldřich Nový

as Martin Bouchal

as Willy Söhnel

as Vlasta Burian

as Alice Wienerová-Nová

as číšnice

as Martin Frič

as Václav Binovec

as Jiří Weiss

as Nina Burianová

as Elena Hálková

as Eliška Novotná

as Jan Roth

as Julius Fučík

as Vladislav Vančura

as Oldřich Papež

as osvětlovač Franta

as Alenka Žáková

as Hermann Glessgen

as ředitel Barrandova

as Zdeněk Zástěra

as Josef Opluštil

as Karel Hašler

as Jan Drda

as vrátný Dorůžka

as Robert Svoboda

as Adina Mandlová

as primář Hope

as Anna Letenská

as Vladislav Čaloun

as Soňa Grossová

as Karel Feix

as Vítězslav Nezval

as Elmar Klos

as Karel Höger

as žalobce Švarc

as soudce Kučera

as obhájce Buriana

as herec Podlipný

as režisér Ptuško

as číšník Miloš

as Karel Holeček

as ředitel Macháček

as ministr Kopecký

as Jiří Hájek