Midnight Mass (1962)
Overview
On Christmas Eve, 1944, in Nazi-occupied Slovakia, the Kubiš family grapples with survival amidst brutal reprisals. Marián collaborates as a fascist guard leader, while his sister Angela has an affair with their Nazi lodger, Major Brecker. The situation escalates when their younger son, Juraj, a former partisan fighter, returns home wounded. As Germans search homes for escapees, Juraj hides in the attic, while an unsettling Christmas dinner unfolds below with Major Brecker present.
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Additional Info
| Budget | $0.00 |
|---|---|
| Revenue | $0.00 |
| Original Language | sk |
| Popularity | 1.704 |
Directed By
Jiří Krejčík
Crew
Zdeněk Liška
Milena Doskočová
Bohumil Vodička
Vojtech Brázdovič
Jiří Červík
Otakar Košťál
Anton Gendiar
Jiří Krejčík
František Milič
Vladislav Pavlovič
Helena Pallósová
Viera Bieliková
Věra Ženíšková
Emil Bandík
Erna Veselá
Ladislav Strakáč
Júlia Morvicová
Eduard Kadeřábek
Růžena Hejsková
František Novák
Eduard Palček
Pavol Sarvaš
František Belfín
Josef Dobřichovský
Peter Karvaš
Rudolf Stahl
Jaroslav Plavec
Karel Škvor
Peter Karvaš
Albert Marenčin
Jiří Krejčík
TOP CAST
Hana Meličková
Vilma Kubisová
Jozef Kroner
Valentin Kubis
Margit Bara
Angela
Hannjo Hasse
Brecker
Ladislav Chudík
Palo
Karol Machata
Marián Kubis
Emília Vášáryová
Katka Malishova
Ivan Mistrík
Durko Kubis
Jindřich Narenta
Wioherd
Vladimír Šmeral
Farár
Jiří Pleskot
Dr. Rasko
Eva Mária Chalupová
Saleswoman
Gašpar Arbet
Jozko
Ľudovít Greššo
Old villager
Elo Romančík
Dr. Harman
Elena Rampáková
Mother with baby
Anton Michalička
Churchman
Štefan Benek
German soldier
Ján Klimo
Narrator (voice)
Eva Kristínová
Angela (voice)
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