---
title: 'Smugglers of Death (1959)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Karel Kachyňa'
released: '1959-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 90
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'Adventure'
  - 'Crime'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/smugglers-of-death-1959'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0052978/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Smugglers of Death (1959)

1959 · 90 min · Drama, Adventure, Crime · Czechoslovakia

Original title: Král Šumavy

## Synopsis

Smugglers of Death is a 1959 Czechoslovak drama directed by Karel Kachyňa. The film is about members of SNB who guard Czechoslovak border in 1948. The film was viewed by more than 4 million people after its release in 1959.

## Credits

- **Director:** [Karel Kachyňa](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-kachyna)
- **Screenplay:** [Karel Kachyňa](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-kachyna), [Rudolf Kalčík](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-kalcik), [František A. Dvořák](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-a-dvorak)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Miloš Vacek](https://cinepixo.com/people/milos-vacek)
- **Director of Photography:** [Josef Illík](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-illik)
- **Editor:** [Josef Illík](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-illik), [Jan Chaloupek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-chaloupek)

## Cast

- [Jiří Vala](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-vala)
- [Ferdinand Krůta](https://cinepixo.com/people/ferdinand-kruta)
- [Jiří Holý](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-holy)
- [Miloslav Holub](https://cinepixo.com/people/miloslav-holub)
- [Josef Henke](https://cinepixo.com/people/josef-henke)
- [Jindřich Narenta](https://cinepixo.com/people/jindrich-narenta)
- [Karel Vavřík](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-vavrik)
- [Jaroslav Marvan](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-marvan)
- [Rudolf Jelínek](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-jelinek)
- [Libuše Havelková](https://cinepixo.com/people/libuse-havelkova)
- [Miroslav Kahoun](https://cinepixo.com/people/miroslav-kahoun)
- [Eva Jiroušková](https://cinepixo.com/people/eva-jirouskova)
- [Václav Bouška](https://cinepixo.com/people/vaclav-bouska)
- [Jiřina Švorcová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jirina-svorcova)
- [František Krahulík](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-krahulik)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/smugglers-of-death-1959
Film facts: Wikidata (Q12031719); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.