Overview
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.
Movie Info
Release Date: 5/17/2001
Runtime: 112 min
Director: Jan Svěrák
Writers: Zdeněk Svěrák, Zdeněk Svěrák
Top Cast
Ondřej Vetchý
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Kryštof Hádek
Karel Vojtíšek
Tara Fitzgerald
Susan Whitmore
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Charles Dance
Wing Commander Bentley
Jaromír Dulava
Railwayman Kaňka
Juraj Bernáth
Jan Gregora
Miroslav Táborský
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