A Life at Stake
1956, Czech. Directed by Jiří Weiss.
The year is 1941 and the German Nazis rule Bohemia with a free hand. Engineer Otakar Racek is an extremely cautious man who tries to avoid problems at all costs. While some of his colleagues are being arrested by the Gestapo, he receives an offer to become the director of a new department. When he refuses to help the wife of an arrested resistance fighter, his wife Vlasta is shaken. However, she loves him, to the point of even resigning herself to the hatred of Otakar's wealthy mother. One day, Vlasta lets her old acquaintance Ondřej Rýdl, who is on the run from the Gestapo, stay at her house for a few days. The wife passes him off to her husband as a distant relative. However, Otakar succumbs to jealousy and, on his mother's advice, hires a private detective to follow Vlasta. However, the detective is also a Gestapo informant and receives a hefty reward for every arrested resistance fighter...
- Runtime
- 1h 41m
- Post-credits
- None listed
- Language
- Czech
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Cast & crew
- Jiří WeissDirector
- Karel HögerEngineer Otakar Racek
- Vlasta ChramostováVlasta, Racek's wife
- Jaroslav SomešBedřich, the eldest son of the Raceks
- Jaroslav DrahanMirek, the younger son of the Raceks
- Zdeněk Dítěresistance fighter Ondřej Rýdl
- Soňa NeumannováRacková, Otakar's mother
- Otomar KrejčaDeputy Rudolf Kadera
- František HolarGestapo
- Jindřich NarentaGestapo
- Stanislav Neumanndoorman Dobeš
- Josef Beksupervisor Josef Frouz
- Vlasta VlasákováTonička, Frouz's wife
Details
- Released
- 23 November 1956
- Original title
- Hra o život
- Country
- Czechoslovakia
- Written by
- Jiří Weiss, Karel Josef Beneš
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What A Life at Stake is based on
A Life at Stake is adapted from a novel.
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A Life at Stake runs 101 minutes (1h 41m).
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A Life at Stake isn’t streaming on any OTT platform in India yet; it released on 23 November 1956. (Checked 11 November 2026.)
What movies are like A Life at Stake?
If you liked A Life at Stake, try The Guns of Navarone, Walking with the Enemy, The Monuments Men.
Who directed A Life at Stake?
A Life at Stake (1956) was directed by Jiří Weiss and stars Karel Höger, Vlasta Chramostová, Jaroslav Someš.
What is A Life at Stake based on?
A Life at Stake is adapted from a novel.