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Divided We Fall (2000)

Divided We Fall (2000)

Drama Comedy
Release Date: 2000, March 15
Directors: Jan Hřebejk
Countries: Czech Republic
Production: Total HelpArt T.H.A., Česká televize
Cast: Vladimír Marek, Jaroslav Dušek, Martin Huba, Bolek Polívka, Simona Stašová, Csongor Kassai, Jiří Pecha, Anna Šišková, Jiří Kodet, Richard Tesařík

Overview:

In 1943, a childless couple, the Čížeks, decide to hide a Jewish refugee, David Wiener, the son of Čížek's former employer, in the secret pantry of their apartment. Čížek is aware of the danger into which he has brought his household and his neighbours, but he takes helping his fellow man in need for granted. But at the same time, as a largely unheroic hero, he is dying of fear. His personal situation is greatly complicated by the approaching end of the war, when he faces danger from both the Germans and his "honest" fellow Czechs...

Keywords:

based on novel or book world war ii