---
title: 'Vyšší princip (1960)'
type: 'film'
director: 'Jiří Krejčík'
released: '1960-01-01'
runtime_minutes: 105
genres:
  - 'Drama'
  - 'War'
countries:
  - 'Czechoslovakia'
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/movies/vyssi-princip-1960'
review_count: 0
imdb: 'https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0054451/'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Vyšší princip (1960)

1960 · 105 min · Drama, War · Czechoslovakia


## Synopsis

Higher Principle is a Czech drama film based on the eponymous short story from the book Silent Barricade written by Jan Drda in 1946. The movie was released in 1960 and was temporarily banned in West Germany as the "anti-German film".

## Credits

- **Director:** [Jiří Krejčík](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-krejcik)
- **Screenplay:** [Jiří Krejčík](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-krejcik), [Jan Drda](https://cinepixo.com/people/jan-drda)
- **Original Music Composer:** [Zdeněk Liška](https://cinepixo.com/people/zdenek-liska)
- **Director of Photography:** [Jaroslav Tuzar](https://cinepixo.com/people/jaroslav-tuzar)
- **Editor:** [Růžena Hejsková](https://cinepixo.com/people/ruzena-hejskova)

## Cast

- [Libuše Švormová](https://cinepixo.com/people/libuse-svormova)
- [Jitka Frantová Pelikánová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jitka-frantova-pelikanova)
- [Michal Staninec](https://cinepixo.com/people/michal-staninec)
- [Otomar Krejča](https://cinepixo.com/people/otomar-krejca)
- [Karel Pavlík](https://cinepixo.com/people/karel-pavlik)
- [Petr Kostka](https://cinepixo.com/people/petr-kostka)
- [Jiří Šrámek](https://cinepixo.com/people/jiri-sramek)
- [Bohuš Záhorský](https://cinepixo.com/people/bohus-zahorsky)
- [František Smolík](https://cinepixo.com/people/frantisek-smolik)
- [Rudolf Široký](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-siroky)
- [Jana Brejchová](https://cinepixo.com/people/jana-brejchova)
- [Marie Vášová](https://cinepixo.com/people/marie-vasova)
- [Sheila Och](https://cinepixo.com/people/sheila-och)
- [Štěpán Bulejko](https://cinepixo.com/people/stepan-bulejko)
- [Rudolf Hrušínský](https://cinepixo.com/people/rudolf-hrusinsky)

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Source: https://cinepixo.com/movies/vyssi-princip-1960
Film facts: Wikidata (Q3562784); synopsis from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0. Reviews, themes and notes are the work of this site's members.