White Darkness (Czech: Bílá tma) is a 1948 Czech war drama film directed by Frantisek Cáp and starring Július Pántik, Mária Prechovská and Boris Andreyev.[1] The film's sets were designed by the art directors Miroslav Pelc and Karel Skvor.
| White Darkness | |
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| Directed by | František Čáp |
| Written by | Ruzena Fischerova Miloslav Fábera Leopold Lahola Frantisek Cáp |
| Produced by | Josef Beran |
| Starring | Július Pántik Mária Prechovská Boris Andreyev |
| Cinematography | Václav Hunka |
| Edited by | Jan Kohout |
| Music by | Jiří Srnka |
Production company | Ceskoslovenský Státní Film |
| Distributed by | Rozdelovna Filmu |
Release date | 27 August 1948 |
Running time | 112 minutes |
| Country | Czechoslovakia |
| Language | Czech |
Synopsis edit
During the Second World War partisans take to the mountains during winter to resist the German occupation.
Cast edit
- Július Pántik as Doctor Pavel Kafka
- Mária Prechovská as Nurse Katka
- Boris Andreyev as Soviet partisan Dugin
- Natasa Tanská as Nurse Rozka Kafková
- Jozef Budský as Laco Pánek
- Ladislav H. Struna as Jan Holesa
- Julius Bartfay as Jano
- Ladislav Chudík as Believer
- Rudolf Deyl as Zika
- Frantisek Dibarbora as Strategist
- Vladimír Durdík as Maj. Mraz
- Stefan Figura as Dobrák
- Zdenek Hodr as Soldier
- Branislav Koren as Partisan
- Jozef Kovác as Jedlík
- Frantisek Kovárík as Pilar
- Radovan Lukavský as German commander
- Dana Medrická as Helena
- Ludovit Ozabal as Partisan
- Vladimír Salac as Jirka
- Juraj Sebok as Porter
- Jozef Sándor as Adam
- Olga Sýkorová as Holesova
- Martin Tapák as Nazarov
- Gustáv Valach as Demo
- Karol L. Zachar as Reader
- Viliam Záborsky as Pedant
References edit
- ^ Wohl & Păcurar p.348
Bibliography edit
- Taylor, Richard (ed.) The BFI companion to Eastern European and Russian cinema. British Film Institute, 2000.
- Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies. Springer Nature, 2023.
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