

Stage mime Antoine Moreau is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance for the children of Terezin, a "model" concentration camp, to convince the Red Cross observers that the camp is truly what it seems. Reluctant at first, Moreau slowly learns the true nature of the camp, including the meaning of the "transports" on which people leave. With a world-class orchestra (made up of people interned in the camp) and a cast of children, Moreau stages a show to end all shows.
Directed by Karel Kachyňa, Ivana Dortová, Patrick Dromgoole
User score
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Released
January 1, 1991
1h 46m
Czech

Tom Courtenay
Antoine Moreau

Brigitte Fossey
Věra

Ingrid Held
Michèle

Freddie Jones
Karl Rheinberg

Milan Kňažko

Josef Kemr
Drahomíra Fialková

Pavel Bobek

Josef Laufer

Luděk Kopřiva

Rudolf Pellar

Jiří Lír

Hana Hegerová

Jitka Molavcová
Linda Kallistová Jablonská

Daniel Margolius
Samuel
Kamila Hodoušková
Halka Halberštatová
Jiří Málek
Markéta Slavíková