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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness

1960-04-15 · 92 min · ★ 6.2

Drama · War

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.

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Directors
Jiří Weiss
Production companies
Filmové studio Barrandov
Countries
Czechoslovakia
Status
Released

Top Cast

Ivan MistríkIvan MistríkPavel
Dana SmutnáDana SmutnáHanka
Jiřina ŠejbalováJiřina ŠejbalováPavel's Mother
František SmolíkFrantišek SmolíkGrandfather
Blanka BohdanováBlanka Bohdanová
Eva Mrázová
Karla ChadimováKarla Chadimová
Vladimír RážVladimír Ráž
Miloš NedbalMiloš Nedbal
Anna MelíškováAnna Melíšková
Václav LohniskýVáclav Lohniský
Ladislav Kazda
Zuzana FišárkováZuzana Fišárková
Josef Kozák
Jiří KodetJiří Kodet
Jindřich NarentaJindřich Narenta
Miroslav SvobodaMiroslav Svoboda
Alexandra Myšková
Karla SvobodováMartička
Pavel Bártl

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