...a pozdravuji vlastovky

May 26 1972 N/A 1h 30m
Biography, Drama, War

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.

Plot

Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska (Magda Vásáryová) awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine days of grace of life that were granted to prisoners by the Nazis, a period during which the prisoners were put to work. Maruska paints the eyes of the plaster tin soldiers by a thin brush and thus she takes the opportunity to put down secretly the fragments of her memories, thoughts and expectations. She hopes she will manage to smuggle these "scraps", as she calls them, to her close friends and family. In retrospect there are returning the girl's experiences.

Written by

Jaromil Jires

Directed by

Jaromil Jires

Cast

Magda Vásáryová, Viera Strnisková, Július Vasek

Crew

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Production Countries

Czechoslovakia

Production Companies

Filmové studio Barrandov

Languages

Ceský

Awards

1 win & 2 nominations

Scores
# of Votes
186
Average Rating
6.8 out of 10
Metascore
NA
Popularity
NA