Set,in,Prague,in,1953,,this,suspenseful,crime,drama,follows,honest,police,captain,Hakl,(Trojan),and,his,investigation,of,a,seemingly,mundane,robbery,at,a,goldsmith’s,shop.,In,a,fraught,political,climate,,this,incident,is,seized,on,by,the,Communist,authorities,,who,require,a,smokescreen,for,their,own,,far,grander,,deception.,On,the,orders,of,State,Security,,Hakl’s,investigation,is,taken,over,by,Major,Zenke,(Sebastian,Koch,,The,Lives,of,Others),,an,East,German,specialist,,who,has,been,told,to,“prove”,that,the,gold,was,stolen,by,the,Jewish,community,to,finance,Zionist,terrorism.,But,the,experienced,Hakl’s,instincts,puts,him,on,the,path,of,an,altogether,different,story.,Can,one,just,man,stand,up,to,the,forces,of,an,increasingly,oppressive,state?,The,shadow,of,the,past,looms,over,all,involved,,and,this,can,make,a,culprit,of,a,victim,and,a,hero,of,a,culprit.,Somber,and,atmospheric,,this,is,a,moving,and,compelling,study,of,the,Stalinist,era.
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