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Dark Blue World

Dark Blue World
★ 6.9/10•2001•1h 52m•R•Action•Drama•War

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.

Zdeněk Svěrák · Screenplay

Jan Svěrák · Director

StatusReleased
Runtime1h 52m
LanguageCS
Release DateMay 17, 2001
Budget$5,000,000

Actors

Ondřej Vetchý

Ondřej Vetchý

František Sláma

Kryštof Hádek

Kryštof Hádek

Karel Vojtíšek

Tara Fitzgerald

Tara Fitzgerald

Susan Whitmore

Oldřich Kaiser

Oldřich Kaiser

Jan Machatý

Linda Rybová

Linda Rybová

Hanička Pecharová

David Novotný

David Novotný

Bedřich Mrtvý

Charles Dance

Charles Dance

Wing Commander Bentley

Jaromír Dulava

Jaromír Dulava

Railwayman Kaňka

Lukáš Kantor

Tamtam

Juraj Bernáth

Juraj Bernáth

Jan Gregora

Miroslav Táborský

Miroslav Táborský

Vilda Houf

Hans-Jörg Assmann

Hans-Jörg Assmann

Doctor Blaschke

Anna Massey

Anna Massey

English Teacher

Thure Riefenstein

Thure Riefenstein

German Officer Hesse

Viktor Preiss

Viktor Preiss

Major Skokan

John Warnaby

RAF Instructor

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