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In 1951, the well-known Czech actress Jiřina Štěpničková receives a letter from Austria from director František Čáp, who has recently emigrated. He invites her to the West and promises her roles in theater and film. She decides to seize the opportunity and flee. Together with a small group of people and her young son Jirka, she entrusts herself to a smuggler and embarks on a risky journey across the border. But something goes wrong. They are caught. Everything had been planned in advance. The smuggler himself is a member of the StB. But that's only the beginning.

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Directors

> Viktor Polesný (Director)
> David Ployhar (Director of Photography)
> Jana Šimáková (Second Assistant Director)
> Zdenek Merta (Music Director)
> Magdalena Čechová (First Assistant Director)

Writers

> Šárka Maixnerová (Book)
> Viktor Polesný (Screenplay)
> Jan Lekeš (Creative Producer)