| Brief Description: | Romeo, Juliet and Darkness is a radical departure for Czech filmmaking
in its unconventional treatment of the Anne Frank theme in a Czech
setting. Pavel, a student, hides Hana, a young Jewish girl, in the
attic of his apartment building. He is her only link to the outside
world, and their growing trust develops into love, until the two are
discovered by Pavel's mother. Weiss' double tragedy of young love and
the moral question of responsibility to the Jews during the Nazi
occupation is treated with poetic restraint. This film is a powerful
condemnation of indifference toward force and terrorism. Also known as
Sweet Light in a Dark Room. Czech with English subtitles. |
