Thunder in the Hills

Thunder in the Hills
Directed by	Václav Kubásek Josef Mach
Written by	František Gotz Josef Mach
Produced by	Otakar Sedláček
Starring	Jaroslav Průcha Marie Vásová Miroslav Homola
Cinematography	Josef Střecha
Edited by	Josef Dobřichovský
Music by	Dalibor C. Vačkář
Production company	Československá filmová společnost
Distributed by	Státní půjčovna filmu
Release date	16 April 1946 (1946-04-16)
Running time	79 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Thunder in the Hills (Czech: V horách duní) is a 1946 Czech war drama film directed by Václav Kubásek and Josef Mach and starring Jaroslav Průcha, Marie Vásová and Miroslav Homola. It was shot at the Barrandov and Radlice Studios in Prague and on location around Brno and Svratka. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Štěpán Kopecký and Alois Mecera.

Synopsis

During the Second World War, Czech resistance fighters in a village shelter a downed RAF pilot from the German occupiers. However they begin to fear that they have an informer in their midst.

Cast

• Jaroslav Průcha as Jakub Skýva
• Marie Vásová as Tereza Crhová
• Miroslav Homola as Kurt Sowak
• Theodor Pištěk as Výmola
• Oldrich Lipský as Karel
• Libuše Bokrová as Mayor's Wife
• Terezie Brzková as Rebounová
• Gustav Hilmar as Mayor Suchdolak
• Zdenek Hora as Villager
• Karel Jelínek as Glogar
• Jiří Kačer as Karel Koran
• Eva Klenová as Jelena
• Lubomír Lipský as Josef
• Ota Motyčka as Postman
• Marie Nademlejnská as Javorová
• Vilém Pfeiffer as Javor
• Vladimír Řepa as Vrnata
• Jan W. Speerger as Karel Loukota
• Bohuš Záhorský as Brácha

Bibliography

• Karl, Lars & Skopal, Pavel. Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. Berghahn Books, 2015. p. 248.
• Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies. Springer Nature, 2023. p. 348.

External links

• Thunder in the Hills at IMDb