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Dark Blue World (DVD, 2002, Special Edition)
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In 1939, as Hitler and Germany ran roughshod over Eastern Europe, many people escaped, including Czech pilots who joined up with the British Royal Air Force to fight the Nazis. Jan Sverák's moving war drama, DARK BLUE WORLD, details the story of one such group of Czech pilots who are at first laughed at by their British superiors until they prove themselves in the air. Ondrej Vetchy stars as Franta Sláma, the father figure to this motley group of men who desperately want to win back their country. Krystof Hádek plays Karel Vojtísek, Franta's young daredevil protegee who falls in love with an older British woman, Susan (Tara Fitzgerald), whose soldier husband is missing in action. When Franta and Susan grow close, everything threatens to erupt.Sverák, whose previous film was the Oscar-winning KOLYA, has crafted a beautiful film filled with believable, complex relationships, well-drawn characters, and plenty of finely choreographed air-battle scenes between the young, headstrong Czechs and the perfectly organized Nazis. The acting is excellent, especially the love triangle of Hádek, Vetchy, and Fitzgerald, and terrific support is provided by Oldrich Kaiser as Machaty, the piano-playing Gable look-alike. The film's politics are based on real events; when the Czech pilots who flew for the RAF returned home, they were treated as the enemy, not as heroes, and Sverák intercuts harrowing scenes from 1950 in which the pilots who survived the war are subject to jail and torture in their own land.Product Identifiers
UPC0043396082755
eBay Product ID (ePID)3386671
Product Key Features
ActorOndrez Vetchy, Krystof Hadek
RatingR
EditionSpecial Edition
Movie/TV TitleDark Blue World
DirectorJan Sverak
FormatDVD
Release Year2002
GenreForeign Language
Sub-GenreCzech
Additional Product Features
Region CodeRegion 1
Number of Discs1
Country/Region of ManufactureCzechia
Display FormatSpecial Edition
Leading RoleOndrez Vetchy, Krystof Hadek
Release Date20020528
Film CountryCzech Republic
Ratings and Reviews
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- Nov 20, 2018
Well done foreign film
Once you get by having to read the subtitles it’s a good story with a somewhat typical love triangle subplot. Don’t get me wrong, I don’t mind reading dialogue but you miss some of the movie as you wade through that prompting (at least for me!) a second viewing. And there’s some historical information one can get from the movie that’s probably not common knowledge. I liked it very much as would most WWII movie enthusiastsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jun 10, 2020
its more of a love story than a war movie
It was an okay movie I felt it could have better done though.Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Nov 09, 2021
Good story, good points
Good story, good pointsVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 20, 2024
Chez Spitfire fighters
It was educational about WW2 fighters in the Battle of Britain, they were all hero's to me!Verified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Jan 04, 2022
enjoyable, worthwhile film
War and romance nicely meldedVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
- Feb 25, 2018
Good movie
Good movieVerified purchase: YesCondition: Pre-owned
