
Island of Freedom
2022-09-28 · Runtime unavailable · ★ 5.8
A man from communist Czechoslovakia unexpectedly meets his childhood love on a flight to Cuba. When they stop over in Canada, he has a plan… but can he trust her?
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- Directors
- Petr Januschka
- Production companies
- Univerzita Tomáše Bati ve Zlíně, Česká televize, Filmtalent Zlín Foundation, Analog Vision, IS Produkce, zeroin
- Countries
- Czech Republic
- Status
- Released
Top Cast
Judit PecháčekEva
Jiří MádlJindřich
Gustav Řezníčektajný
Tereza Dočkalováletuška
Viktória Pejkováletuška
Aneta Klimešováletuška
Julie Štříbrnáletuška
Aneta PorubováJitka
Jana PosníkováHelena
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