| Brief Description: | Originally made in 1969, this powerful film based on Arnost Lustig's
award-winning novel was confiscated by the Czech Communist government
and kept on the shelf for 21 years. This videotape is literally the
re-discovered U.S. and world premiere. Awarded the top prize at the
Monte Carlo Film and Television Festival and winner of eight other
international prizes, it is the story of a beautiful Polish singer and
her passion for life, set against the backdrop of the cruel game of
trading Jewish lives for those of Nazi officers imprisoned in American
jails. With Jiri Adamira, Lenka Fiserova and Cestmir Randa. Czech with
English subtitles. Czechoslovakia, 1991, 60 mins. |
