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And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)

And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)

Drama
Release Date: 1972, May 26
Directors: Jaromil Jireš
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Filmové studio Barrandov, Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Dagmar Bláhová, Magda Vášáryová, Július Vašek, Hana Pastejříková, Viera Strnisková

Overview:

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.

Keywords:

based on novel or book based on true story world war ii interrogation nazi women's prison