The Trap

1951

1h 25m

3.0(1 votes)

Drama

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Overview

The course of an organized strike by workers from North Moravian steelworks in 1931 to resist mass layoffs during the economic crisis.

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61 members

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Oldřich Lukeš

Franta

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Jaroslav Mareš

Jan

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Bohuš Hradil

Karel Žíbek, Jan's father

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Jana Dítětová

Marie

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František Kovářík

Kolarik

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Marie Nademlejnská

Marie's mother

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Bedřich Vilský

Josef Žíbek, Jan's brother

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Majka Tomášová

Ludmila, Josef's wife

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Karel Peyr

boss von Doderer

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Miloslav Holub

chief engineer Kotrna

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Jarmil Škrdlant

pomeranian Halík

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Josef Chvalina

Starek

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Rudolf Široký

captain of the gendarmes

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Karel Houska

Helmut

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Stanislav Langer

Director Jauris

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Jaroslav Orlický

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Josef Waltner

member of the board of directors

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Bohuš Tichý

member of the board of directors

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Vladimír Řepa

Doder's henchman

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Alois Dvorský

Vinš

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Lída Buzková

Boženka

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Hynek Němec

German worker Fritz

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Jan Matýsek

laborer

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Ferdinand Jarkovský

laborer

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Miroslav Doležal

striker

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Mirko Čech

factory committee member

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Adolf Šmíd

striking worker

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František Miroslav Doubrava

striker

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Magda Kopřivová

striker's woman

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Zdeněk Šavrda

gendarme

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Ladislav Sedláček

warden

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Štěpán Bulejko

lieutenant of gendarmes

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Bedřich Bozděch

innkeeper

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František Holar

gendarme

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Josef Steigl

gendarme

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Felix le Breux

director of the metallurgical exchange

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Marta Fričová

French secretary

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Věra Váchová

secretary

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Dagmar Appelová

secretary

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František Klika

trade unionist

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Vojta Plachý-Tůma

trade unionist

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Arnošt Mathé

broker

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Josef Hořánek

porter in the hotel

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František Marek

butcher Dundr

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Jindra Hermanová

german woman

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Antonín Holzinger

postman

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Ladislav Zápotocký

Antonín Zápotocký

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Miroslav Mráz

Unknown Role

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Jindřich Doležal

Director Appelt

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J. O. Martin

Secretary of the German Trade Unions

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František Hanus

metal-rolling specialist from Rotava

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Jiří Kostka

metal-rolling specialist from Rotava

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Radovan Lukavský

striking metal-rolling specialist

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Bohumil Machník

union leader

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Jaroslav Zrotal

security

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Antonie Hegerliková

woman at the foreman

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Karel Jelínek

Otta

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Bolek Prchal

innkeeper

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Ludmila Svobodová

woman

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Waldemara Treskoňová

Unknown Role

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Writing

Antonín Zápotocký

Antonín Zápotocký (voice)

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