Fortress on the Rhine
Typology
featureLenght
longCzech title
Pevnost na RýněRuntime
89 minCountry
CzechoslovakiaCopyright
1962Production year
1962Premiere
21.12.1962Language version
CzechDirector
Ivo TomanSynopsis
During the Second World War, an old fortress is transformed into a detention camp for arrested allied generals who the Germans provide with every possible comfort. In the nearby garrison camp, however, hundreds of captured private soldiers try to survive hunger and cold. The commander of the fortress, General von Hoppe, personally accompanies a new prisoner - the American general Attwood. His luggage is carried by the French sergeant Vannier who watches the generals' luxury with astonishment - tables covered with food, black band playing on the terrace. The sergeant warns the generals that ten captured soldiers are to be executed in the camp to teach the rest a lesson. The oldest general, Englishman Gordon, persuades his colleagues to hold a hunger strike. In restrospect, we then watch experiences of some of the commanders preceding their arrest - the French Grémillon, the Dutch van Hoorn and Attwood. They all, in certain decisive moments of their lives, preferred military training to a human solution. The hunger strike severely deteriorates the health of General Gordon, who is suffering from diabetes. Von Hoppe capitulates and calls the execution off. Soon, however, he breaks his promise and ten captured soldiers are indeed shot. But the recovered Gordon is satisfied, anyway - for it was not the lives of the soldiers that were the issue but the gesture, which will come handy one day when the acts of the generals will be evaluated after the war. Many years later, Attwood welcomes an old friend in New York - the same von Hoppe.
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Cast
Zdzisław Mrożewski
anglický generál sir Arthur Gordon
Karel Höger
holandský admirál van Hoorn
Bohumil Šmída
americký generál Tim Attwood
Norbert Christian
francouzský generál Jean-Paul Grémillom
Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
německý generál von Hoppe, velitel pevnosti
Wanda Spinka
holandská barmanka
Józef Kostecki
MUDr. Lorenz, lékař v pevnosti
Radovan Lukavský
holandský admirál Nielsen
Fred Düren
francouzský seržant Vannier
Egidio Bonanno
italský partyzán
Petr Čech
holandský námořník Petr
Vera Čukić
italská dívka
Eduard Dubský
major cizinecké legie
Jürgen Frohriep
německý námořník
Jiří Holý
kapitán
Svatava Hubeňáková
Tamara, děvče z baru
Josef Chvalina
kněz cizinecké legie
Zdeněk Kutil
seržant, řidič nákladního automobilu
Jindřich Narenta
adjutant von Hoppeho
Miloš Nedbal
francouzský generál
Jiří Vršťala
seržant cizinecké legie
Oldřich Velen
holandský námořník Ludva
Jan Maška
návštěvník
Slávka Hamouzová
pokladní v baru
Josef Havlín
hudebník
A. Essaw
Sahi
Ladislav Mrnka
lodník
Jiří Mucha
plukovník
J. Šimon
kapitán Crawford
M. Šrámková
uklízečka
Myriam Sello-Christian
Dubbing
Jaroslav Raušer
hlas generála Gordona
Felix le Breux
hlas generála Atwooda
Václav Voska
hlas generála Grémillona
Ladislav Boháč
hlas generála von Hoppeho
Jana Dítětová
hlas barmanky
Vladimír Ráž
hlas MUDr. Lorenze
Josef Langmiler
hlas seržanta Vanniera
Zdeněk Dítě
hlas italského partyzána
Blanka Bohdanová
hlas italské dívky
Bohumil Švarc
hlas německého námořníka
Oldřich Hoblík
hlas italského hlasatele
Crew and creators
Director
Second Unit Director
Assistant Director
Dagmar Perlová, Pavel Mertl
Screenstory
Screenplay
Shooting Script
Script Editor
Camera
Second Unit Photography
Camera Operator
Production Designer
Set Designer
František Straka
Costume Designer
Costumes
Make-Up Artist
Film Editor
Sound Designer
Emil Poledník, Bohumír Brunclík (zvukové efekty)
Production Manager
Unit Production Manager
Jiří Kamarýt, Otakar Jiříček
Unit Production Manager
Doriana Felberová, Vilém Henzel
Consultant
plk. František Nevěřil
Cooperation
Doriana Felberová, Anna Křemenová, Věra Líznerová
Music
Music Composed by
Songs
Deutschlandlied /hymna německá/
Songwriter
Joseph Haydn (Deutschlandlied /hymna německá/)
Writer of Lyrics
August Heinrich Hoffmann (Deutschlandlied /hymna německá/)
Production info
Original Title
Pevnost na Rýně
English Title
Fortress on the Rhine
Category
Film
Typology
feature
Genre
drama, psychological
Origin country
Czechoslovakia
Copyright
1962
Production Year
1962
Premiere
21.12.1962
Production
Copyright Holders
Distribution
Creative Group
Šmída – Fikar, Ladislav Fikar, Bohumil Šmída
Technical info
Lenght
long
Runtime
89 min
Versions
Czech