---
title: 'A Dead Man Among the Living (1949)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Bořivoj Zeman'
released: '1949-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 87
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Thriller'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-dead-man-among-the-living-1949'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0194183/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# A Dead Man Among the Living (1949)

1949 · 87 min · Drama, Thriller · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

A Dead Man Among the Living is a 1949 Czech thriller film directed by Bořivoj Zeman and starring Karel Höger, Eduard Dubský and Vjaceslav Irmanov. The film is based on the 1931 novel To levende og en død by the Norwegian writer Sigurd Christiansen. Following an armed robbery at his office, a postal worker suffers a crisis of conscience.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Bořivoj Zeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/borivoj-zeman)
- **Screenplay:** [Bořivoj Zeman](https://cinepixo.com/people/borivoj-zeman), [Sigurd Christiansen](https://cinepixo.com/people/sigurd-christiansen), [Elmar Klos](https://cinepixo.com/people/elmar-klos)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Jiří Šust](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sust)
- **Director of Photography:** [Petr Rovný](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-rovny)
- **Editor:** [Josef Dobřichovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-dobrichovsky)

## Cast

- [Milos Hájek](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-hajek)
- [Bohuš Hradil](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohus-hradil)
- [Vladimír Řepa](https://cinepixo.com/people/vladimir-repa)
- [Milivoj Uzelac](https://cinepixo.com/people/milivoj-uzelac)
- [Ferdinand Jarkovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-jarkovsky)
- [Karel Höger](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-hoger)
- [Jaroslav Štercl](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-stercl)
- [Radim Nikodém](https://cinepixo.com/people/radim-nikodem)
- [Vjačeslav Irmanov](https://cinepixo.com/people/vjaceslav-irmanov)
- [Anna Rottová](https://cinepixo.com/people/anna-rottova)
- [František Klika](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-klika)
- [Zdeňka Baldová](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenka-baldova)
- [Stanislav Neumann](https://cinepixo.com/people/stanislav-neumann)
- [Leopold Horešovský](https://cinepixo.com/people/leopold-horesovsky)
- [Lída Matoušková](https://cinepixo.com/people/lida-matouskova)

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