The Fifth Horseman Is Fear

The Fifth Horseman Is Fear

1965 · 98 min · ★ 6.4 · Drama, War

In Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, a doctor-turned-warehouse employee reluctantly agrees to treat a gravely wounded political fugitive, putting himself and everyone living in his building complex in danger.

Directed by Zbyněk Brynych · Written by Hana Bělohradská

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