There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife's family as a servants. All they need is their old house near the river. But the house is to be demolished. They have to stop it. And the only way is to drown Dr. Mrácek, who is responsible for the demolition. But he falls in love with Wassermann's niece Jana. He chan...
Criticism of the system tended to be oblique prior to 1968, when the reform Communism of the Prague Spring effectively abolished censorship but continued to fund its filmmakers. Nonetheless, there were some powerful works even before this. A director of the older generation, Ladislav Helge (b. 1927), made some strong internal criticisms with his film Skola otcu (School for Fath...
(这是一部根据二战时期在捷克斯洛伐克发生的真实故事改编的电影。)
1942年6月,在德国占领区的捷克斯洛伐克,一名党卫军的高级将领兼警察总监被刺杀。城市因此宵禁,市民不得外出,一切娱乐活动被禁,违者就会被枪毙。党卫军悬赏重金捉拿刺客,市集也被取缔,扩音喇叭里每天播放被枪毙者的名单,荷枪实弹的党卫军布满街头,一片肃杀。古典中学毕业班的同学因一张毕业照无端被牵连。随着事情的发展,该毕业班的维尔卡等三人最后被无辜杀害。在整个事件中,被学生戏称为“更高原则”的马列克教授始终伸张正义,不为恐怖所吓倒,感染了同学们。本片揭露了德国法西斯凶残的本性,批判了捷克斯洛伐克人中的软弱者,歌颂了正义的教师和学生。
二战时,布拉格的一栋居民楼里,犹太人沃姆一家收拾行囊赶往车站,他们将在那里被运往集中营,而纳粹军官的情妇搬进了空出来的房间。不久,这栋楼内的青年佩沃(Ivan Mistrík 饰)遇见了投奔沃姆的犹太姑娘函卡(Daniela Smutná 饰),佩沃出于好心把函卡安置在公用阁楼上自家的暗室内,并时常送食物上去。佩沃母亲畏惧纳粹情妇,为其裁缝衣物,这让佩沃郁闷不已。随着德方高官遇刺,布拉格的形势愈发险恶,佩沃背着所有人继续冒着生命危险收留函卡,而爱情,也在两人心中滋长。佩沃的异常举动开始引起身边人怀疑,直到军官的情妇也发现了事情真相,她出于恐惧要将佩沃检举……
本片获1960年圣塞巴斯蒂安国际电影节金贝壳奖。