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must act swiftly, Černík discovers that Krofta, who has worked for Černík for twenty years, is actually the spy. Černík ties up Krofta but is confronted by Fesker about a travel permit, which he issues to catch Černík in the act of trying to escape. Fesker is about to pursue the circus when he is arrested by a commissar sergeant for issuing the travel permit.
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who is planning an escape attempt of his own. Černík's longtime rival
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propaganda acts dictated by the government. Černík explains that the skits were not funny, and that audiences prefer his usual act. The S.N.B. chief orders him to resume the required act, and to dismiss a longtime trouper who calls herself "The
Duchess". Propaganda minister Fesker casually asks him
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Joe reveals himself to Černík, who incorporates him into the plan. At the border crossing, Krofta escapes but is stopped by Černík from warning the border guards. In the fracas, Krofta mortally wounds him. Using an audacious and violent dash across the only bridge, most of the circus safely escape
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man Karel Černík struggles to keep his beloved Cirkus Černík together, which belonged to his family before being nationalized by the
Communist government. The government allows Černík to manage the circus, but he grapples with its deteriorating conditions, loss of his workers to the state, tension
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with his willful daughter Tereza, and his young second wife Zama, whom everyone suspects of being unfaithful. Černík wants to end a budding romance between Tereza and
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about a radio in his trailer, alerting Černík to a spy in his midst. Černík is fined and released although Fesker believes that he is a threat to the state.
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in 1950. Members of the Circus
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