Drama ·War · Czechoslovakia · 1962 · 1h 38m

The Coward

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Director
Jiří Weiss
Cast
Ladislav Chudík as Dana Smutná as Dušan Blaškovič as Emil Horváth st. as František Dibarbora as Oleg Strizhenov as
Crew
Josef Střecha — Director of Photography Miroslav Hájek — Editor Jiří Srnka — Original Music Composer Jiří Weiss — Screenplay Ota Ornest — Screenplay Ivan Bukovčan — Story
Synopsis

In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans in fear.

Mood & Themes
world war ii
Key Collaborators
Jiří Weiss Director Josef Střecha Director of Photography Miroslav Hájek Editor Jiří Srnka Original Music Composer Jiří Weiss Screenplay Ota Ornest Screenplay Ivan Bukovčan Story Bohuslav Kulič Production Design Karel Postřehovský Costume Design
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