Query: Czech WWII films, not about totalitarianism
Domain: films
Relevant documents:
Battle of Moscow (film)
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin
Transport from Paradise
Coach to Vienna
Colette (2013 film)
May Stars
Alois Nebel
The Slinger
Shadow Country (film)
Protector (2009 film)
Evidence from documents: Battle of Moscow (film): a 1985 Soviet two-part war film, presenting a dramatized account of the 1941 Battle of Moscow and the events preceding it. The films were a Soviet-East German-Czechoslovak-Vietnamese co-production directed by Yuri Ozerov who also wrote the script
Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin: '''''The Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin''''' (, ) is a 1994 comedy-drama film directed by Jiří Menzel, based on the first two books of Vladimir Voinovich's novel trilogy of the same name. An international co-production between Russia, Czech Republic, the United Kingdom, France and Italy, it entered the competition at the 51st Venice International Film Festival, in which it won the President of the Italian Senate's Gold Medal.
The film is set in 1941 in the Soviet Union before and during the first months of its involvement in World War II.
Transport from Paradise: '''''Transport from Paradise''''' () is a 1962 Czech drama film
Coach to Vienna: Czech: '''''Coach to Vienna''''' (; in USA released as '''''Carriage to Vienna''''') is a 1966 Czechoslovak war drama
WWII films, not about totalitarianism: In May 1945 two Wehrmacht deserters force a young Czech widow to transport them to Vienna. She sees this as an opportunity to avenge her husband who was executed by the Nazis.
Colette (2013 film): Czech WWII films: '''''Colette''''', also released under the name '''''Prisoner of Auschwitz''''', is a 2013 English language Czech-Slovak-Dutch war film
WWII: It is set in World War II
May Stars: a 1959 Soviet-Czechoslovak war film directed by Stanislav Rostotsky.
The film takes place in May 1945. Soviet soldiers liberate Prague. People remember life before the war, they gladly meet their loved ones and swear to preserve peace and quiet on Earth forever.
Alois Nebel: '''''Alois Nebel''''' is a 2011 Czech animated drama film directed by Tomáš Luňák, based on the comic-book trilogy by Jaroslav Rudiš and Jaromír 99. It is set in the late 1980s in a small village in the Jeseník Mountains, close to the Polish border, and tells the story of a train dispatcher who begins to suffer from hallucinations where the present converges with the dark past of the expulsion of Germans after World War II. The black-and-white film was animated mainly through rotoscoping and stars Miroslav Krobot as the title character. The film was selected as the Czech entry for the Best Foreign Language Film at the 84th Academy Awards, but it did not make the final shortlist. The film was submitted and won European Film Awards for Best Animated Film.
The Slinger: '''''The Slinger''''' () is a 1960 Czech WWII drama film directed by Karel Kachyňa based on a story by Jan Mareš.
In 1944 Czech boy František, liberated from a concentration camp, is sent to a Czechoslovak unit located near Dukla Pass. Lieutenant Zlonický assigns him as an unsalaried employee to work in a laundry unit at the front.
Shadow Country (film): '''''Shadow Country''''' () is a 2020 Czech historical drama film directed by Bohdan Sláma. It is inspired by massacre from May 1945. It chronicles life of a small village from 1930s to 1950s. The film premiered at the 2020 Summer Film School Uherské Hradiště and is set to release to theatres on 10 September 2020. The film won six Czech Lion Awards including Best Actress, Best Supporting Actress, and Best Screenplay.
Protector (2009 film): a 2009 Czech film directed by Marek Najbrt. It is a story of Hana and Emil Vrbata, a couple living in German-occupied Czechoslovakia, in the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, during World War II.