Dark Blue World (2001) [R]
Featuring:
Ondrej Vetchý, Krystof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald
Written by:
Zdenek Sverák
Directed by:
Jan Sverák
Release Date:
May 17, 2001
Original Title:
Tmavomodrý svět
Alternate Titles:
Det djupa blå
Num Céu Azul Escuro
Sötétkék égbolt
Зияющая синева
Genres:
Action | Drama | War
Production Companies:
Biograf Jan Svěrák
Fandango
Helkon Media
Phoenix Film Investments
Portobello Pictures
Tmavomodrý svět
Česká televize
Production Countries:
Czech Republic | Denmark | France | Germany | Italy | United Kingdom
Ratings / Certifications:
CZ: 12+ DE: 12 GB: 12 IE: 15 PL: 12 US: R
Runtime: 112
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.
March 15, 1939: Germany invades Czechoslovakia. Czech and Slovak pilots flee to England, joining the RAF. After the war, back home, they are put in labor camps, suspected of anti-Communist ideas. This film cuts between a post-war camp where Franta is a prisoner and England during the war, where Franta is like a big brother to Karel, a very young pilot. On maneuvers, Karel crash lands by the rural home of Susan, an English woman whose husband is MIA. She spends one night with Karel, and he thinks he's found the love of his life. It's complicated by Susan's attraction to Franta. How will the three handle innocence, Eros, friendship, and the heat of battle? When war ends, what then?
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