The House in Karp Lane
The House in Karp Lane

The House in Karp Lane

1965-03-12 | 155 min

The film depicts the fate of the residents of an apartment block in Prague’s Jewish quarter following the invasion by German troops in 1939. Among them is an elderly widow who had once disowned her son and now wishes to bring him to Brazil; there are also the owners of a stationery shop, who are driven to ruin by the German occupiers. The caretaker Glaser, who is of German descent, also comes under pressure when his son is arrested in a communist pub. To save his own skin, he informs on two young people who are active in the resistance.

Genres

Drama

Cast

Edith Schultze-Westrum

Edith Schultze-Westrum

František Filipovský

František Filipovský

Ladislav Kríz

Ladislav Kríz

Wolfgang Kieling

Wolfgang Kieling

Rosel Schäfer

Rosel Schäfer

Helmut Schmid

Helmut Schmid

Walter Taub

Walter Taub

Hana Vítová

Hana Vítová

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