The Coward
6.8 | 1962 | 1h 38m

The Coward

DramaWar

Overview

In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans in fear.

Jiří Weiss Screenplay
Ota Ornest Screenplay
Jiří Weiss Director

Top Billed Cast

Ladislav Chudík

Ladislav Chudík

Dana Smutná

Dana Smutná

Dušan Blaškovič

Dušan Blaškovič

Emil Horváth st.

Emil Horváth st.

František Dibarbora

František Dibarbora

Oleg Strizhenov

Oleg Strizhenov

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Jindřich Narenta

Jindřich Narenta

Věra Tichánková

Věra Tichánková

Josef Vorel

Josef Vorel