Higher Principle

Higher Principle (1960)

November 23rd, 19601h 44min

Drama
82%

Overview

During the Nazi occupation of a Czech city civilians are being rounded up on the slightest of pretexts and shot. One day three high school boys who crack jokes about a recently deceased "hero of the Reich" are pulled out of school by the Gestapo.


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