Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)

6.2/10 92 min Drama War

Overview

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.

Cast

Ivan Mistrík

Pavel

Dana Smutná

Hanka

Jiřina Šejbalová

Pavel's Mother

František Smolík

Grandfather

Blanka Bohdanová

Karla Chadimová

Vladimír Ráž

Miloš Nedbal

Anna Melíšková

Václav Lohniský

Zuzana Fišárková

Jiří Kodet

Jindřich Narenta

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