SYNOPSIS
DARK BLUE WORLD tells the story of two Czech pilots who escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia, join the Royal Air Force and fall in love with the same English woman – the ultimate test of their friendship.
CREDITS
Director: Jan Svěrák
Screenwriter: Zdeněk Svěrák
Producers: Eric Abraham, Jan Svěrák
Principal Cast: Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek, Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance
Original title: Tmavomodrý svět
AWARDS
Czech Lion Awards 2002 – Winner of 6 Awards, including Best Director (Jan Svěrák), Best Cinematography, Best Music and Best Editing
National Board of Review 2001 – Top Five Foreign Films of the Year
European Film Awards 2001 – Nominated, Audience Award for Best Actor: Ondřej Vetchý
PRESS
“Svěrák’s sheer technical finesse, and ability to spin on a dime between comedy and tragedy, the personal and the historical, makes Dark Blue World succeed where other similarly themed movies, from Battle of Britain to The Blue Max, seem heavy-handed by comparison.”
VARIETY
“One thinks of the great opening line of that great novel The Good Soldier: ‘This is the saddest story I have ever heard.’ Like many such tales, this one is worth taking to your aching heart.”
TIME
