The Coward (1962)

7.4/10 98 min Drama War

Overview

In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans in fear.

Cast

Ladislav Chudík

Dana Smutná

Dušan Blaškovič

František Dibarbora

Oleg Strizhenov

Wilhelm Koch-Hooge

Jindřich Narenta

Věra Tichánková

Josef Beyvl

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