This fascinating historical drama looks at the life of "the Czech Schindler," Zdenek Toman, a controversial figure who was an unsavory politician and dubious entrepreneur, but also the savior of hundreds of Eastern European Jews.
Czech Republic Czech Republic Slovakia Slovakia
Jiří Macháček Kateřina Winterová Stanislav Majer Kristýna Boková Petr Vaněk Roman Luknár Martin Finger Jaromír Dulava Marek Taclík Marián Mitaš Lukáš Melník Václav Neužil Miroslav Táborský Ondřej Malý Lukáš Latinák Radek Holub Tatiana Pauhofová Pavel Liška Jaroslav Plesl Aleš Procházka Jiří Dvořák Lukáš Hlavica Ladislav Hampl Michal Režný Ady Hajdu Matěj Ruppert Martin Veliký Daniel Tůma Réka Derzsi Jiří Černý Ivan Herma Václav Jakoubek Erika Stárková Damian Odess-Gillett Tereza Osláčová Jaroslav Kubera Lucia Šoralová Josef Hervert Petr Reif Dan Pekárek Monika Žáková Michal Kucer Josef Guruncz Jared Doreck Andrej Polák Alexander Minajev Marcela Machová Tomáš Kobr Kateřina Jebavá Tereza Rychlá Johana Ožvold Veronika Senciová Viktorie Hásková Marie Jansová Tomáš Kraucher Pavlína Štorková Halka Třešňáková Ewa Zurakovská Marian Škorvaga Igor Pashko Vasil Sevastyanov Sergeii Iegorov Alžběta Noll Kaia Brown Adam Mašura Ladislav Trojan Ondřej Trojan Jan Šrámek Fabian Cristancho Joe Weintraub
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