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Adelheid (DVD) (*)

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Screened, competed or awarded at:
Other Film Festival Awards

Language Selections:
Danish ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )
English ( Subtitles )
German ( Dolby Digital 2.0 )

Product Origin/Format:
United Kingdom ( PAL/Region 2 )

Running Time:
98 min

Aspect Ratio:
Fullscreen

Special Features:
Interactive Menu
Scene Access
Booklet
Remastered

Movie filmed in 1970 and produced in:
Czech Republic ( Russia, Eastern Europe )

Directed By:
Frantisek Vlácil

Written By:
Vladimír Körner

Actors:
Petr Cepek ..... Viktor Chotovický
Emma Cerná ..... Adelheid Heidenmannová
Jan Vostrcil ..... Sergeant Hejna
Jana Krupicková ..... Girl
Pavel Landovský ..... Guardsman Jindra
Lubomír Tlalka ..... Guardsman Karel
Milos Willig ..... Staff captain
Karel Hábl ..... Guardian
Zdenek Mátl ..... Hansgeorg Heidenmann
Alzbeta Frejková ..... Old german women
Josef Nemecek ..... Slovakian
Karel Belohradský ..... Guardsman
Vlasta Petriková ..... Women
Bohumil Vávra ..... Vicar (scenes deleted)
Rest of cast listed alphabetically: ..... Guardsman Karel
Josef Somr

Synopsis:

The first colour film by Czech master director Frantiek Vlácil ADELHEID is an emotional tale of two lovers trapped in the march of history. In the aftermath of WWII, a Czech airman returns home from his tour of duty with the British RAF, intending to claim a German factory located in the Sudetenland along the Czech-German border. There he meets the beautiful Adelheid, the former owner s daughter who once lived in the estate but is now reduced to servitude. The Czech airman falls in love with Adelheid, but lingering resentment and bitter political strife stand in the way of their happiness.

In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. He falls in love with the daughter, who is now a maid, and is forced to confront the stress between his love and his conscience when he discovers her sheltering her German-soldier brother.

Two people separated by the postwar atmosphere of two different worlds.

This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 25 November, 2010.