Kidnapped
1953, Czech. Directed by Elmar Klos & Ján Kadár.
American agents hijack a plane on the Ostrava-Prague route to launch a campaign against the People's Democratic Czechoslovakia. The plane lands in West Germany, but the Americans have an unexpected problem convincing the hijackers to stay in the West. Based on a true story.
- Runtime
- 1h 53m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Elmar KlosDirector
- Ján KadárDirector
- Jiří Dohnalpassenger Horvát, deputy
- Ladislav Pešekpassenger Prokop, development worker
- Antonín Klimšapassenger Gerbec, miner
- Bohuš Záhorskýpassenger Ryšánek, associate professor
- Jaroslav Marešpassenger Tonic, fitter
- Božena Obrovápassenger Liduška, Toník's wife
- František Klikapassenger Řezníček, a former café owner
- Miloš Kopeckýpassenger Rychman, musician
- Soňa Červenápassenger Grábnerová, the pilot's wife
- Jozef Sodomapassenger Ján Hajdaš, miner
- Rudolf Deylpassenger Karfík, engineer
- Alena Kautskápassenger, mother of the child
Details
- Released
- 30 January 1953
- Original title
- Únos
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, František Břetislav Kunc
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Kidnapped runs 113 minutes (1h 53m).
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Kidnapped isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 30 January 1953. (Checked 4 November 2026.)
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Who directed Kidnapped?
Kidnapped (1953) was directed by Elmar Klos and Ján Kadár and stars Jiří Dohnal, Ladislav Pešek, Antonín Klimša.