Distant Journey (Daleká cesta ) (1950)

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7.3	IMDB rating

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Directed by

Alfred Radok

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Blanka Waleská
MUDr. Hana Kaufmanová

Viktor Ocásek
Ing. Oskar Kaufmann - Hana's father

Zdenka Baldová
Hedvika Kaufmannová- Hana's mother

Zdenka Procházková
Prisoner in Terezín #1

Viola Zinková
Prisoner in Terezín #4

Milka Balek-Brodská
Old jewish women #1

Milos Kopecký
Prisoner building a gas chamber #1

Karel Effa
Prisoner building a gas chamber #2

Written by

Alfred Radok
screenplay

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Description: This is the story of the Prague Jews surviving Nazi occupation during the war. The film takes the primary story image and shrinks it down to thumbnail size periodically, much like picture in picture, to show newsreel footage which uses a variety of sources including scenes from Leni Riefenstahl's 'Triumph of the Will' (1935). Photographed quite nicely with an over all dark and oppressive tone, the use of sound effects is also highly unusual and effective as a tension-building device in a number of scenes. The central character Hana, a young doctor, remains in the city while her entire family is taken away to the death camps. ... (more)

UPC: 736899099428

Tags: Holocaust (2), Czech (2), Genocide (2), Drama (1), Historical (1), World War 2 (1), Black & White (1), 1950s (1)

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