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Saint Elizabeth Square (1966)

Saint Elizabeth Square (1966)

Drama War
Release Date: 1966, January 21
Directors: Vladimír Bahna
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava, Štúdio hraných filmov Bratislava
Cast: Emília Vášáryová, Martin Hollý, Július Vašek, Bronislav Križan, Vlasta Fialová, Viera Strnisková, Martin Gregor, Karol Viceník, Ctibor Filčík, Eva Poláková

Overview:

Film adaptation of Rudolf Jašík's novel of the same name. The plot of the film is situated in the forties of our century, in the first years of the Second World War. It captures the political and social atmosphere of one of the Slovak towns that lives seemingly in the lee, far from the world and war. Well, appearances are deceiving. Beneath the surface of peaceful, everyday life, a tragic process is taking place, accelerating people's destinies, the disintegration of their characters, but also the maturing of their relationships. The film is the story of Eva and Igor, their love, violently interrupted by political events. In this era of personal and social tragedies, children become adults almost overnight, honest people become victims, and mentally ill people become murderers. The film about the fates of Eva and Igor, the Jewish cartmen Samko and Maxi, and the careerist Flórik presents a believable, convincing picture of the era marked by the expansion of fascism.

Keywords:

based on novel or book holocaust (shoah)