Dark Blue World
Tmavomodrý svět2001
- Jan Svěrák
- 1h 52m
- May 17, 2001 · France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
Overview
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
Details
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- May 17, 2001
- Original language
- Czech
- Spoken languages
- German, Slovak, English, Czech
- Countries
- France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
- Production
- Fandango,Portobello Pictures,Phoenix Film Investments,Helkon Media,Biograf Jan Svěrák,Česká televize,Tmavomodrý svět
- Cast
- Caroline Holdaway,Lukáš Kantor,Tara Fitzgerald,Jeremy Swift,Jaromír Dulava,Petr Burian,Ondřej Vetchý,Anna Massey,John Warnaby,Miroslav Táborskýand 12 more
- Director
- Jan Svěrák
- Writer
- Zdeněk Svěrák
- Cinematography
- Vladimír Smutný
- Music
- Ondřej Soukup
- Budget
- $5,000,000
- Revenue
- Not recorded
- IMDb
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