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Dark Blue World (2001)
Directed by Jan Svěrák
Action, Drama, War · 1h 52m
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
Cast
Ondřej Vetchý
František Sláma
Kryštof Hádek
Karel Vojtíšek
Tara Fitzgerald
Susan Whitmore
Oldřich Kaiser
Jan Machatý
Linda Rybová
Hanička Pecharová
David Novotný
Bedřich Mrtvý
Charles Dance
Wing Commander Bentley
Jaromír Dulava
Railwayman Kaňka
Juraj Bernáth
Jan Gregora
Miroslav Táborský
Vilda Houf
Hans-Jörg Assmann
Doctor Blaschke
Crew
- Director
- Jan Svěrák
- Screenplay
- Zdeněk Svěrák
- Director of Photography
- Vladimír Smutný
- Original Music Composer
- Ondřej Soukup
- Editor
- Alois Fišárek
- Producer
- Eric Abraham, Jan Svěrák, Iva Procházková, Jaroslav Kučera
Details
- Original title
- Tmavomodrý svět
- Release date
- 2001-05-17
- Runtime
- 1h 52m
- Genres
- Action, Drama, War
- Original language
- CS
- Spoken languages
- English, Czech, German, Slovak
- Countries
- France, Czech Republic, Denmark, Germany, Italy, United Kingdom
- Production
- Portobello Pictures, Helkon Media, Fandango, Biograf Jan Svěrák, Česká televize, Phoenix Film Investments, Tmavomodrý svět
- Budget
- $5,000,000