"Based on the Novel" "SILENT BARRICADE" "Screenplay by Director of Photography / Set Designer" "Music by Film Symphonic Orchestra Conducted by" "Production Chief / Editing Sound / Re-Recording Mixer" "Cast" "Also starring" "Directed by" "This film was made in cooperation with" "With the participation of" "This film was made by the group" "Berlin has fallen." "The Soviet Army flung from the banks of the Oder River and conquered Hitler's den." "The German troops were crushed at all fronts." "All the nations of Europe are liberated." "Only Czechoslovakia and its capital still awaits this glorious hour." "Schörner's Army, on which Hitler laid his last hopes, is retreating under the pressure of the Soviets and is heading to Prague." "This city, so precious to the Czech people, is to become the last fortress of the Nazi Reich." "The bloody hangman of the Czech people, Karl Hermann Frank, wants to slam the door behind him, as he has threatened the Czechs." "Prague is to be annihilated." "But the underground leadership of the communist party organized active resistance and the defence of factories, which must not be destroyed by the retreating Nazis." "Groups of workers safeguarded their factories." "The people realized they could not wait any longer." "The Germans must not get Prague into their destructive claws." "Unarmed, with bare hands, despising life and everything else, except their own pride and freedom, the people of Prague are rising to fight back." "The Police President strictly prohibits removal of German signs in Prague under the penalty of loss of business and imprisonment." "The Police President strictly prohibits removal of German signs in Prague under the penalty of loss of business and imprisonment." "Careful, don't scratch the sign!" " Do you want a razor?" "It won't come off with lye, you'll have to repaint it." "Or smash it with a stone." " This should have been off long ago." "It was enough time to wash yesterday, now it's the time just for hanging." "You swine!" "Wait, lady." "The police president sends word the signs ought to stay on the wall." "Hey, Mr. Hosek." "I am to officially notify you that the police president does not wish the German signs to be taken off." "Look here, the police president can kiss my... you know..." "I can assure you I'll pass the word to the police president myself." "Let's just hope the poor chap survives till Monday." "In a hurry, ma'am?" "Afraid you'd miss something?" "You could leave that stolen fur coat here." "She'll be hot even without the fur coat." "Hurrah, the war is over!" "Freedom is here!" "Away with fascism!" " Viva freedom." "Hurrah!" "Long life Czechoslovak Republic!" "Hurrah!" "Hurrah..." "Hurrah!" "Hurrah..." "Don't be afraid, the republic is here!" "Viva!" "Hurrah!" "We should be looking for some rifles." "This is no Independence Day!" "Flags just won't be enough." " And you call yourself a Czech?" "!" "Calm down." "I'm telling you, the Nazis are no hatchlings." "They lost the war, so what?" "Americans have landed at the airport." "And how did you come to that?" " The news is all over Prague." "It has started in Prague." "On National Avenue they've put out flags this big!" "It's swarming with people!" "Get on, folks, next stop freedom!" "Hurrah!" "Wait for me." "I must get my glad rags." "Hurrah!" "Hurrah!" "Hello!" "No offence, I'll be a looker as soon as I take my Sunday best for the feast." "Viva!" "You see, Andulka." "Didn't I say so?" "Look at them, heroes." "Running away from the Russians." "What an impudence!" "Andulka!" "Fellow!" "Murderers!" "German murderers!" "Cutthroats!" " Don't let them cross the bridge!" "Don't let them get away!" "Come on!" "Heave-ho!" "Make way!" "Damn it, clear the way!" "Clear the way!" "Damned cripples!" "Dumb civilians!" "Andulka..." "Andulka..." "All men, follow me!" "There're guns at the railway station!" "The Czechoslovak Radio is calling for help." "We call the Czech police, gendarmerie, the army." "Make haste to the building of the Czechoslovak Radio." "The SS soldiers are slaughtering our people." "Come at once!" "For the liberty of the Czechoslovak Republic!" "We defend the Radio!" "Come help us!" "Every minute counts." "The Germans are murdering our people!" "Come to our aid forthwith!" "Hosek's Locksmithery." "What?" "No?" "But I wanted to..." "No, you won't go to the Radio!" "The party's orders are clear." "You're in charge of the bridge, something is going on there." "Alright." "I'll be right there." "Honour to labour." "Dad, they're shooting on the bridge!" " I know, go to mother." "And don't you dare leave the house or I'll tear you to pieces!" "Halt!" "The guns are over there." "Awhole train." "I saw it an hour ago." "Did you hear that, Franz?" " Yeah." "This makes no sense." " I know, but shut up." "Halt!" "Why aren't we going?" "The train must leave at once!" "You have your orders!" " I don't understand a word." "What did you say?" " Off we go then, if you think so." "German!" "Speak German!" "Get those flags down!" "At once!" "Do you understand, bastard?" "Fire!" "Fire!" "Where are the guns?" "Guns!" "Guns!" "Friends, I have a family." "Open that car!" "What have you got there?" "Look, the boy found a bazooka." "Let me have it." "I won't." " Do you know what it's for?" "Sure." "For tanks." " Get away from him, it could go off." "Careful, son, this is nothing to play around with." "Guns!" "Guns!" "Maybe, they're in the other cars, keep looking!" "Czechoslovakia." " Czechoslovakia." "Freedom." "Please..." "Hurrah!" "We'll get even with those Germans!" "Friends, to the Radio!" "The Germans mustn't get the Radio!" "Let's go!" "You'd better go to your mummy, junior." "Come on." "Don't be afraid, you'll get used to it." "I already know it." "Did they get you?" "Did they shoot you?" "No." "I'm just hungry." "Damn!" "Lucky I didn't put my glad rags on." "The command is sending you weapons." "Who's in command here?" "It's Hosek, of course!" "We've started to build a barricade on the bridge." "We'll build a second one on the other side after dark." "A machine gun?" "Where did you get that?" "I don't only know if these cartridges fit." "So I took everything." "Wait." "Out of the way." "Hold on." "Name and surname." "Why fuss with names, I need a rifle!" "You think a revolution can succeed without order?" "Easy with the rifle, sergeant." "As I said, name and surname." "Svec Frantisek." "Rifle number?" " 44876." "Next!" "Nevole Vlastimil." " Aren't you a little too young?" "Did you serve in the army?" " I sure did." "Give it to me, you dimwit, this is how you do it." "Next!" "Kroupa Frantisek." " Ah, an old bolshie, eh?" "It was you, who got away to Spain, wasn't it?" "You've got good memory." "You've been chasing after me for quite a while." "But you used to run like a rabbit then." "We've gone through some demonstrations back then?" "Hey, isn't the Gestapo looking for you?" "For five years now, Mr. Brucek." "It was there after all." "Have a drink, it'll keep you warm." "Come..." "Don't cry." "Come now." "Go back, man, the Germans will kill you!" "Nonsense, let me go home, I don't want to have anything to do with this." "They've killed two people all for naught." "Our friend's wife, too." "You should leave them alone and stop playing around with pistols!" "If people didn't go mad, it could've been alright till the end." "They won't fire at me when I'm unarmed." "You ought to go home, lassie." " And what about you?" "Me?" "My car is here." "And my bills." " Mine too." "Just you wait, you damned Nazis, fun will be over soon." "What are you up to?" " We'll blow the bridge up." "Are you crazy, the bridge is ours." "We'd have to mend it for months." "Some revolutionary you are." "The bridge will go and that's that!" "We won't let those fleas get in our coat." "Someone will fix it later, that's none of our business." "And what if our soldiers come right this way from the north?" "What soldiers?" " What?" "Those, we're waiting for." "The Red Army." " Then what should we do?" "What to do when they come after us?" " Barricades." "As soon as it gets dark." "Without them we're gone and done for." " Barricades won't hold them." "That's old nonsense with them barricades!" "We will hold them." "We behind the barricades, do you understand!" "I'm telling you, it's too early." "As if we couldn't stay put for the few days until it's over." "Don't you meddle in that, let them get it in their necks." "I'd like to know, who will pay the power bill." "Here's an advance, ma'am, so that you don't lose a penny on us." "The Czechoslovak Radio broadcasting on the 415 metres wave." "The Supreme Command of the Czechoslovak Armed Forces in Prague hereby orders:" "All uniformed anti-aircraft defence units shall forthwith report to their battalions." "Bakery workers are called upon to report for work immediately." "Lojzik..." " I'm a baker, aren't I?" "Further news." "We call all blood donors to the General Hospital." "I repeat, we call all blood donors to come to the..." "All men to the bridge!" "We are building barricades!" "Stop yelling." "They're asleep." " We need every man." "And what about women, we're nothing?" "Women can't come?" "Women too." "Every honest Czech with a healthy pair of hands!" "Go, my dear." "I will look after your little one." "Go away with that rifle, man." "Do you want them to shoot us all because of you?" "So much afraid..." "I'm waiting here for you, mister." "For me!" "Why for me?" " You're a man, aren't you?" "You cannot ask me to do this." "I must stay here and guard my house." "Have you ever heard such nonsense?" "Don't worry." "We'll guard it for you." "No one will steal the house." "No!" "Franzi mustn't go out." "He is ill." "I'm a rheumatic." " Let's go." "Take a scarf, so that you don't catch a cold." "Thank you." "And put your gloves on so that your hands don't get scuffed." "Fie!" "Shame!" " You should be ashamed of yourself!" "Poor girl." "Wait when father comes home, he'll have it out with you." "You haven't been home since lunch." " I know, don't worry." "We're building barricades on the bridge." "From the concentration camp." "She almost fainted from hunger." "Look here, they branded them like animals." "Czech?" "No, Polish." "From Warsaw." "Halina's her name." "Pack some bread into my knapsack." "With margarine, if you have any." "I should be on my way." " Father!" "Don't you worry about me, death avoids chaps like me." "Where did you find her?" " Pepa brought her." "From the station." "He didn't tell me, what he was up to." " It was a rumpus in the afternoon!" "We've taken a whole train!" "And Halina killed an SS man with a grenade!" "What did I tell you?" "Don't play with me." "Don't you dare leave the house!" "Keep him at home, mother!" " He won't listen to me anyway." "Then tie him down!" "To the bridge everybody, we're building barricades!" "I know." "Don't give her anything fatty, more sugar instead." "Peel some potatoes, father will be hungry at night." "To the bridge everybody, we're building barricades!" "She really locked the door." "Can I take it?" "Where did you put that machine gun?" "I have to go there." "To the bridge everybody, we're building barricades!" "SORRY, MUM" "Paper." "It's from the factory, there's plenty of it still there." "Great, it'll be good for swallowing bullets." "Heck, that's heavy and nothing but screws." "What are you doing, guys?" "Showing them we're no wise crackers, that we have our own artillery." "You're right, that's a fifteen calibre." "What have you got in there?" " Ether." "Just a bang and Bengal fire night begins." "All you think about are those Bengal lights, man." "If we are forced to run from upfront, we'll fire it straight in their faces, black scoundrels." "Don't drudge here all by yourself, mister." "Stand here between the women, it will be easier this way." "2756." " Boris Pavel." "2756." " Boris Pavel." "396 R." "Myska Rudolf." "Hosek Josef." "How old are you?" " Twenty-one." "Do you know how it works?" " Maybe... maybe I can learn." "Go." "58228." " Hrdlicka Alois." "Any sign yet?" " Something must have held them up." "You'd better go home, women." "Leave them alone, will you?" " They are our mothers." "You don't need a mum in a bed like this." "Excuse me, chief, the band's here." "Ah, Mr. Kalina." "All that comfort for us?" "It's a pity you haven't got any power." "Oh no, Mr. Brucek." "It runs on batteries, you see." "A swell pub, gentlemen, I say." "Black coffee, cigars, music..." "All that's missing to our full pleasure is just some dancing." "Don't talk of the devil." "We can be dancing any time now." "So what?" "That's what we're here for, isn't it?" "There, it's ready now." "Citizens of Prague!" "You still have a choice." "Fighting, destruction, vain bloodshed in Prague, or peace, order and observing the truce." "I'll be damned that's Radio Prague 1." "Our people are not there yet." "You have to change to 415 metres." "What were they saying?" "They are kindly asking us this very morning, whether we wouldn't like to return to that well proven German order after all." "It's too late for that." "Hosek, they're coming." "Tonda!" "Tonik!" "I can't..." "I can't go on." " And where's Jarda and Vasek?" "Still up there." "In one garden." "They came under fire..." "from a heavy machine gun." "Wait, Tonik." "Pull yourself together." "How many of them are there?" "All SS soldiers." " Have they got tanks, too?" "Attention!" "Attention!" "Prague calling." "Prague calling." "The Red Army, the Germans are preparing to attack Prague." "Help us, help us!" "Prague call, Prague call the Red Army." "The Germans are ready..." "You'd better go home, mother." "It is cold out here." "I'm quite afraid of those tanks." "Our people are not used to that." "It's filth, those tanks." "I can't see anything." "A good place... for a heavy machine gun, if we had any." "Bastard!" "That wasn't from the river." "They're over there." "Let's have a look, at least our back has to be safe." "I haven't got a single lump of sugar." "Never mind." "We'll drink it plain." "Just to get a bit warm." "Come with me, the bastards are on one of the roofs." "What?" " Look." "Lucky you." "And what about the recon, are they back?" "We need one more." "The four of us aren't enough." "Ruda, wake up." "I'm going with you, Mr. Hosek." "I had some sleep." "You'd better not, it can get rough." "Let him go, if he wants to." "They held him three years in the Reich, he'll pay them back." "After all, he is a man, isn't he?" "You stay here, this is no job for a woman." "In Auschwitz, women were sent to the furnace, too." "Any Germans in your house?" " No way." "Did you sleep through yesterday?" "We caught them all yesterday and took them to the police." "Someone is shooting from the roofs." " It sure isn't from our house." "Hey, Pepa, they say you've got Germans in your house!" "Not any more, mate." "We have to get to the roofs." "You stay here." "Keep an eye out for runners." "I'm a man, aren't I?" "Let me go with you up to the roofs." "You're staying here!" "Else, I couldn't look your mother in her face." "I know what I'm saying." "I have a son, too." "Look!" "Where did that bastard go?" "Doctor!" "Get a doctor somewhere, quick!" "There's a German in your house!" " Nonsense." "We've searched the house from the attic to the basement!" " Not even a mouse could get away." "He must be here somewhere!" "Think, man!" "Own up!" "I'm a soft hearted man, friends." "Maybe I..." "I left that old crone on the fifth floor." "I didn't have the heart..." "But she surely wouldn't... shoot." "She hardly got up from her bed." "You!" "Ass!" "No!" "Better ring the bell." "What you want?" "See, I am old woman." "Damn it!" "We won't fight with women." "Don't believe her, they're all beasts." "See, no-one here." "That wasn't from here." "That was stolen from Poland." "Walter did nothing!" "See!" "He fired three shots, bastard." "No!" "I tell Walter to shoot!" "He must shoot!" " Shut up, mother!" "Come on, you bastard." "And take that old hag with him." "Did you get a doctor?" "If we had a doctor at hand, perhaps..." "I am a doctor." "He's dead indeed." "A perfect shot!" "Take him away!" "Beast, he wasn't even worth the blow." "Great potato soup, not even our mum can cook like that." "A big pot, Mrs. Nedvedova." "Here's a bit a flour, in case you need it." "And some sugar for the coffee for men." " Thank you." "Thank you for all of us." "And put some fat on dumplings, it's not good for my stomach anyway." "Thank you." "Thank you so much." "We've baked eight hundred of them over night." "But when can we pay you for that?" "When pigs fly." " My husband isn't here?" "No, but he should be back any minute." "What happened, Mrs. Hoskova?" "Our boy got away." "In the night." " Don't worry." "Mine is outside, too." "Where did that come from?" "That's my son's?" "A damn grim Sunday." "Down there, I used to catch barbels." "Even chubs were there, picky rascals." "The water is warmer there." "In Madrid, the front also lead across the river." "It's name was Manzanares." "Only the Moors attacked there." "All black in white clothes, guns in their hands, knives in their teeth." "When you saw them for the first time, a shiver ran right down your spine." "Did they cross the river?" "No, they didn't, Mr. Brucek." " I thought so." "Any news?" " Nope." "They say American tanks are in Zlichov." " Is that truth?" "And planes should already be at the Ruzyne airport." " Great." "The flags that were up there suddenly disappeared." "Yeah, they're preparing a jolly Monday for us." "And what's our Radio saying?" "Nothing." " And their?" "...are in German hands." "The Czech inhabitants in Prague have their last chance to save themselves from total annihilation." "Lay down your arms and stop your vain resistance." "All significant military objects are in German hands." "They're lying." "As though this bridge is of no military significance." "Heck, I'd die for a fag." "Did you hear?" "Bad news." "I think it's lost." "We can't hold the Germans." "Stop that doom-mongering." "Like an old woman." "We've got guns, haven't we?" "We should've been sensible." "At first, I was crazy myself." "Rushing into it." "But then, you start to think it over..." "We could've waited a few more days, to see how it turns up." "Hitler is dead," "Berlin has fallen, so why did we hurry?" "To become second Warsaw?" "You stupid ass!" "Get some rest, Kouba, I'll take the watch for you." "Come on, don't be afraid." "Go on." "Show me, how to charge it." "Leave them there." "Two thousand SS soldiers are marching through Liben." "The grammar school in Liben asks for weapons." "I don't have any." "Station 15 is out of ammo." "The Germans are trying to cross the river at the slaughter-house." "Send us reinforcements." " I can't, I don't have weapons." "You must hold out on your own." "This is your section." "I understand." "I'm afraid I can't." "I really have none, chum." "An absolutely hopeless situation." " You mustn't talk this way." "We must hold out to last gasp." "Party leaders know what they're doing." "They didn't get to Prague through Pankrac." "Neither from Branik or Zizkov." "Can we let them through our section to the back of fighting Prague?" "We will not let them through." "We must hold on until the Red Army comes." "And they will come!" "Any news?" " Why should I lie to you?" "Germans have five medium tanks ready on the hill and crew are SS of course." "They're grouping." "I think it'll be very hot morning for you on the bridge." "Do you want anything from me?" "I don't have the nerve to ask." "Demands are pouring on you from all sides and I need something as well." "A heavy machine gun." "And bazookas, if they are any good." "I'll give it to you." "Your grounds will get very hot." "You can have three bazookas." "The boys have learned to fire them today." "But a machine gun..." "I've just repaired one, Major." "And have you got a gunner?" " I'm a gunner, sir." "There's no work left for an armourer anyhow." "That's great." "Thanks, pal." "You'll get all at six in the morning." "The Germans won't begin earlier." "Kouba, where are you going?" "To my brother, to warm up a bit." "There's no use freezing here." "Let him go." "He's scared." "He'd be no good to us anyway." "But he took the rifle with him, rascal!" "And that's a waste." "Who is it?" " It's me." "Open the door." "Are you crazy?" "The Germans will storm in and kills us all." "Think it over, we have time." "There is no other way to hold the tanks." "Everything is ready." "We can have Bengal fire in minutes." "No, you damned Bengal!" "The bridge is ours and we won't ruin it." "Great news." "They're sending you a heavy machine gun." "Take it." "You're the gunner?" " Yeah." "Do you see those barrels in the middle of the bridge?" " Yep." "Hit them when things get the worst." "When the Germans are close to them." "But not earlier, understand?" "Not earlier." "You'll stay here with him and tell the rest." "They also sent me three men with bazookas and two submachine gunners." "They're waiting downstairs." " I'll go with them as a commander." "No, Hosek, I'm going." "You know what we said on Saturday." "You respond for the whole bridge." " But responsibility begins over there." "No." "There's no other way." "You must stay here." "Everybody knows you and trusts you." "You're the only one who can hold the men together till the end." "If they got you, the men would panic and run away." "One man has deserted us this morning with a rifle." "Are you married, sergeant?" "So what, someone has to go there..." "Sergeant." "Don't you take any chances there." "If you can't hold, come back in boats between the piers." "We'll cover your back." "Have you got the bazookas with you?" "Keep together, please, so that dad doesn't see me." "Dad doesn't know anything!" "Keep by the piers!" "They're coming!" "The Germans are coming through the gardens down to the river." "Hosek, we've noticed moving tanks on the opposite slope." "Get up!" "To the tram barricade!" "Citizens, soldiers of the revolution." "We are entering the third day of our uprising against Nazi oppressors." "After three days, Prague is firmly in the hands of Czech National Council." "We will fight to the absolute destruction of German armed forces." "We call upon them to capitulate unconditionally." "Our victory is certain." "Beasts." "They're sending two tanks at them." "Honour and glory to the heroic fight of the Czech people!" "Signed by:" "The Czech National Council." "Are you crazy, Hosek?" " My boy is there!" "So, the feast begins, lads." "Am I covered?" "Don't they see me?" "Crappers!" "German crappers!" "Fire!" "Damn it!" "Fire!" "Pepik!" "Look, you kipper!" "Heck, that was some blow." "Hurrah!" "Look at him running!" "Some hit, eh?" "You fool!" "This will drive them mad." "It could be over, if they got through." "Awhite flag." "We must hang a white flag on the house." "Or we're done for." "Let go!" "I'll hang it out from the attic." "I'll be damned!" "They can't be capitulating." "It seems so." "The Germans must've signed it." "Wait, you can't do that." "We shouldn't be like them." "I know Germans." "Sergeant, let's meet them." "You speak German, don't you?" " Yes." "We can't let them in here." "Halt!" "Halt!" "Halt!" "What do you want?" "We want to talk to your commandant." "That's our commandant." "But we want to talk with an officer." "If you have something to say... then you must deal with us." "On behalf of our commandant I demand you... to capitulate within one hour!" "Tell him that we're waiting for them to capitulate." "We'll treat them as prisoners of war according to international law." "We're no bandits, we're the Czechoslovak Army." "You must capitulate!" "We will treat you as prisoners of war according to international war law." "We are no bandits, we are the Czechoslovak Army." "I'm sorry, in that case, we demand a two-hour truce." "One minute past ten." "Until noon, then." "Alright, until noon." " Alright, until noon." "They just came to nose around anyway." "So, are they giving up?" " No, but it'll be quiet till noon." "That's swell." " Anywise, who let you come here?" "You ran away from mum, didn't you?" " The sun is so warm..." "That's your boy?" " Yep, hasn't turned 16 yet." "Volunteer Hosek, you'll take a report to the headquarters." "No, I won't, sergeant." "I'm no messenger, I'm a shooter." "An order is an order!" "The barricade is no place for a wet-nose like you." "How come, Mr. Hosek?" "We went to school together with Pepa." "We sure did." "Keep an eye on him, will you?" "Fifty." " I saw you." "Here's some tee to keep you warm." " The sun's keeping us warm today." "I see you're like at a swimming pool." " When will they come to change us?" "They said before noon." " We won't fire a single shot then." "I have to go back." "Is there anything else you want?" "I'd sure like a kiss." "For good luck." "Me too." "Five to eleven." "They've broken the truce." "What about your son?" " The same as the others." "He wanted to stay." "Get back, friends!" "Get back!" "Get back!" "Retreat, fellows!" "Everyone to the boats!" "Mummy..." "Citizens, comrades, working people, men and women from the barricades!" "Our revolution is a revolution of the working people." "We know what we are fighting for." "We know what we are dying for." "We are fighting not only for our liberty, but for a better tomorrow and the freedom of our children." "The new freedom of the republic is born from blood, but it will be our republic." "And we all will be ruling it, we all will be managing it." "Citizens, you fight for your people's republic." "Citizens of Prague, fight the Nazis!" "Death to the German intruders!" "My legs!" "I'll help you." "Ouch!" "No!" "No." "We'll come for you." " No, there's no need." "Are the boats gone?" " Two are left." "Sink them, blow them to pieces." "Understand?" "And take all the guns." "Halina, the grenade." "Wait, I'll get help." " No, there's no need." "Take all the guns, that's important!" "Daddy, daddy, please..." "Where did you leave the sergeant?" "He's there." "You see, they're bombing houses." "They're shooting at flags." "Lucky I had common sense and hung the white one." "Hurry!" "Everybody out!" "Move on!" "Attention, attention!" "Prague calling." "The German tank units are attacking Prague from all sides." "We need your help." "Send airplanes." "Send tanks." "Prague is under siege." "Attention, attention!" "Prague calling." "Prague calling." "The German tank units are attacking Prague from all sides." "We need your help." "Send airplanes, send tanks." "Don't shoot, friends!" "Move it!" "Move it!" "Forward!" "Forward!" "Quick!" "They're beating them." "Bastards!" "No, man." "Don't!" "Move it!" "Don't shoot!" "Don't shoot!" "Shoot!" "Fire!" "Kill them murderers!" "Fire!" "Well, lads, the counting-out rhyme has changed." "Now it's our turn." "Look, the Germans are swarming." " I know." "They could've been safe and sound in Bavaria, if it wasn't for the damned bridge." "Or they could've been hiding behind barricades in Prague." "We have deprived Prague of the honour to become the last German fortress." "But why the hell aren't the Americans coming?" "Perhaps they don't want to." " And where are the Russians?" "In Berlin and in Moravia." "They must struggle for each kilometre." "You know how to make a man happy!" "Why did we get into it?" "Why?" "You should know that." "To work on ours and for ourselves." "Who's in command here, fellows?" "Commander, we must leave this barricade." "Nonsense!" " You fool!" " Capitulant!" " Poltroon!" "The Germans are crossing the river in boats." "There's a battlefield across the river." "We'll hold the barricade between the houses." "We're not going anywhere, Hosek." "It may be a trap." "There's nothing behind the river bank." "No barricades." "If the Germans get there, if we lose the bank, we lose everything." "We have almost no ammo left." "Not enough people." "Not enough weapons." "Try to understand." "I order you in the name of the revolution!" "Your mothers and children are in those houses." "Come on, lads." "If the bank falls, the Germans will get this barricade from behind." "Brother lieutenant, I'm staying here." "I think someone must stay here." " You'll die here for nothing." "So be it." "Come, lassie." "No, no." "I know, someone should stay here, but..." "No buts!" "Hold the bank." "Honour to labour." " Honour." "If I were to follow orders, I wouldn't even get a chance to shoot." "I'm stuck here for three days and didn't fire a single shot." "The communists used to write that quite often." "Hullo, hullo, London calling." "The greatest war in history has ended." "The 8th of May is declared a world holiday." "London is celebrating peace." "London is dancing and cheering." "Hosek, do you hear?" "The war's over." " I can see that." "Damn it, I've run out of cartridges." "Hell, what's that machine gun doing up there?" "Look, there are new ones coming over there!" "Give me some cartridges!" "These are last ones!" "We can't hold it here." "Those bastards want a revenge." "We must get to our friends to the fourth barricade." "There's no time." "It's under fire, too." "Come, you can't help them!" "Let's go or we'll burn here!" " I haven't got any ammo left anyway." "Retreat around the fences!" "We won't let ourselves be slaughtered here." "I've got no cartridges." " Run, I'll hold them back here." "Franta, Brucek, hurry!" "Retreat, collier!" "Mrs. Nedvedova!" "Mrs. Nedvedova!" "Mrs. Nedvedova!" "Mother!" "You must get out of here!" "That's all they've sent?" " I didn't make it there." "We're surrounded." "I found this with my dead friend." "They got us, but they'll never get Prague." "There are two thousand barricades in Prague." "I'll have a look around." "Just in case, forgive me for those old baton-beating times." "Sure." "Look, the pipe-tree is in blossom." "Friends!" "Fellows, the Germans are retreating!" "What happened?" " What happened?" "The Russians are here!" "The Red Army!" "We used to get cuffed for this." "We used to do a lot of silly things." "Where are the Germans?" "Forward!" "THE END"