Dark blue world /
Having flown for the British Royal Air Force, Czech pilot Franta Sl�ama (Onderj Vetch�y) finds himself imprisoned in a post-WWII totalitarian Communist labor camp for "betraying" his country. Rewinding this story, award-winning director Jan Sver�ak takes us back to when Franta and his youn...
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| Format: | Video |
| Language: | Multiple languages Czech English |
| Language Notes: | In Czech and English, with English subtitles. |
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New York, NY :
Sony Pictures Classics,
2001.
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| Online Access: | Connect to this streaming video (Alexander Street Press) |
| Summary: | Having flown for the British Royal Air Force, Czech pilot Franta Sl�ama (Onderj Vetch�y) finds himself imprisoned in a post-WWII totalitarian Communist labor camp for "betraying" his country. Rewinding this story, award-winning director Jan Sver�ak takes us back to when Franta and his young prot�eg�e Karel Vojtisek (Krystof H�adek) escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to join the RAF in fighting the Germans. Frustrated at not being allowed to fly against the enemy until they can speak English and their RAF re-training is complete, a strong father/son bond between Franta and Karel quickly develops. After three months of training they are finally sent into combat, but the stress of the war, plus their mutual love for a married English woman, tests their strong friendship. DARK BLUE WORLD is a story about love, comradeship and sacrifice told with the nostalgic sentiment of classic Hollywood movies and the romance and historical backdrop of World War II. |
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| Item Description: | Title from resource description page (viewed January 05, 2017). |
| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (113 minutes) |
| Playing Time: | 01:52:47 |
| Awards: | Won 2001 National Board of Review (USA), Top Foreign Films Won 2001 National Board of Review (USA), NBR Award |