DARK BLUE WORLD
by Jan Svěrák
synopsis
The heroism of Czech pilots operating during the Second World War in the service of the Royal Air Force who were pursued by the communist regime after the end of the war. The drama of a love triangle between two friends - pilots and an English woman is framed with the environment of a communist prison where the life story is told by one of the imprisoned war heroes.
international title: | Dark Blue World |
original title: | Tmavomodrý svet |
country: | Czech Republic, United Kingdom, Germany, Italy |
sales agent: | Fandango |
year: | 2001 |
genre: | fiction |
directed by: | Jan Svěrák |
film run: | 113' |
release date: | CZ 16/05/2001, SK 13/09/2001, FI 15/02/2002, IE 26/04/2002, PT 27/04/2002, DE 02/05/2002, UK 10/05/2002, GR 17/05/2002, ES 21/06/2002, IT 27/09/2002, SE 08/11/2002 |
screenplay: | Zdeněk Svěrák |
cast: | Charles Dance, Tara Fitzgerald, Krystof Hádek, Oldřich Kaiser, Linda Rybová, Miroslav Táborský, Ondřej Vetchý |
cinematography by: | Vladimír Smutný |
film editing: | Alois Fisárek |
producer: | Eric Abraham, Jan Svěrák |
production: | Biograf Jan Svěrák, Portobello Pictures, Czech Television - Česká televize, Helkon Media Filmproduktion, Fandango |
backing: | Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography, Eurimages |
distributor: | CinemArt, Helkon Filmverleih, Medusa Film |