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A Dead Man Among the Living (1949)

A Dead Man Among the Living poster
Original title
Mrtvý mezi živými
Directed by
Bořivoj Zeman
Genre
drama film, thriller film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 27m
Rating
7.0 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A postal worker experiences a moral crisis after an armed robbery at his office. The story follows his internal struggle and the consequences of his actions.

tensesuspensefulmoralpsychologicalnoir-ishgloomyintrospective

What happens

A Dead Man Among the Living (Czech: Mrtvý mezi živými) 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 (lit. Two living and one dead) by the Norwegian writer Sigurd Christiansen. Following an armed robbery at his office, a postal worker suffers a crisis of conscience. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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