Dark blue world.
(DVD)

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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Sony Pictures, 2002.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (115 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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Published
[Place of publication not identified] : Sony Pictures, 2002.
Format
DVD
Language
English
UPC
043396082755

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Participants/Performers
Starring Hans-J�org Assmann, Juraj Bern�ath, Charles Dance, Jarom�ir Dulava, Radim Fiala.
Description
Director Jan Sver�ak's Dark Blue World embraces sentimentality with such brio it is hard to resist. The film relays the little-known WWII story of Czech fighter pilots who escaped the Nazi occupation of their country to fight in Britain's Royal Air Force. Those who survived the battles were placed in work camps upon their return home by a then-entrenched, paranoid Communist regime. Sver�ak (Kolya) tacks back and forth between Franta (Ondrej Vetchy), a worldly captain in the defunct Czech Air Force, and Karel (Krystof H�adek), his earnest young recruit, as they leave home to fight the enemy on foreign soil. Only one returns to tell his story, from a prison hospital bed. While enduring life in the RAF with fellow Czech pilots, Franta and Karel manage to fall in love with the same woman, learn English, swing dance, recite poems, sing rousing Czech songs, and perform heroic feats. Dogfights in the air and inevitable losses ensue, but it is the genuine camaraderie evoked by a gifted cast of Czech actors that saves the film from effusive excess. Like a charismatic captain steeling his company before battle, Sver�ak can't resist indulging romantic clich�es, but his actors, in their fresh intensity, are more than up to the task set before them. --Fionn Meade.
Target Audience
R (Restricted).
System Details
DVD.
System Details
Anamorphic, Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, DVD-Video, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC.

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APA Citation, 7th Edition (style guide)

Assmann, H., Bern�ath, J., Dance, C., Dulava, J., Fiala, R., H�adek, K., & Vetch�y, O. (2002). Dark blue world . Sony Pictures.

Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hans-J�org. Assmann et al.. 2002. Dark Blue World. Sony Pictures.

Chicago / Turabian - Humanities (Notes and Bibliography) Citation, 17th Edition (style guide)

Hans-J�org. Assmann et al.. Dark Blue World Sony Pictures, 2002.

MLA Citation, 9th Edition (style guide)

Assmann, Hans-J�org., et al. Dark Blue World Sony Pictures, 2002.

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