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The Island of the Silver Herons (1977)

The Island of the Silver Herons (1977)

Drama
Release Date: 1977, January 21
Directors: Jaromil Jireš
Countries: Germany, Czechoslovakia, East Germany
Production: DEFA-Studio für Spielfilme, Filmové studio Barrandov
Cast: Jana Šulcová, Vladimír Dlouhý, Günter Naumann, Iva Bittová, Mirko Musil, Erwin Geschonneck, Luděk Kopřiva, Petr Voříšek, Klaus Tilsner, Tomáš Vacek, Jindřich Narenta, Wolfgang Greese

Overview:

The late summer of 1918. Paul, Willi and Heinrich from an age-old German town are good friends, although there is a great deal that divides them. Heinrich comes from an officer's family with an army tradition and is preparing to enter cadet college. Paul's father and grandfather are workers, and Willi, left to depend on himself, works as a hotel messenger. The last year of the war is hard for everyone, but while Paul and Willi know their own minds and do not hesitate to help the war fugitives Tony and Sepp, for Heinrich everything is more complicated.

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based on short story