Kidnapped

Story

Synopsis

American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic Czechoslovakia. The plane lands in West Germany, but the Americans have an unexpected problem convincing the hijackers to stay in the West. Based on a true story.

Directors

Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos

Writers

Ján Kadár, František Břetislav Kunc, Elmar Klos

Language

Czech

Country

Czechoslovakia

Release date

30 January 1953

Ensemble

Cast

• 

  Jiří Dohnal

  passenger Horvát, deputy

• 

  Ladislav Pešek

  passenger Prokop, development worker

• Antonín Klimša

  passenger Gerbec, miner

• 

  Bohuš Záhorský

  passenger Ryšánek, associate professor

• 

  Jaroslav Mareš

  passenger Tonic, fitter

• 

  Božena Obrová

  passenger Liduška, Toník's wife

• František Klika

  passenger Řezníček, a former café owner

• 

  Miloš Kopecký

  passenger Rychman, musician

• 

  Soňa Červená

  passenger Grábnerová, the pilot's wife

• Jozef Sodoma

  passenger Ján Hajdaš, miner

• 

  Rudolf Deyl

  passenger Karfík, engineer

• Alena Kautská

  passenger, mother of the child