| Edition |
Special edition. |
| Description |
1 videodisc (112 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in. |
| System Details |
DVD, Region 1, Dolby Digital 5.1 Surround, widescreen presentation aspect ratio 1.85:1. |
| Cast |
Ondřej Vetchý (Frantisek Sláma), Kryštof Hádek (Karel Vojtisek), Tara Fitzgerald (Susan Whitmore), Oldřich Kaiser (Jan Machatý), Hans-Jorg Assmann (Doctor Blaschke), and Charles Dance (Wing Commander Bentley). |
| Credits |
Music by Ondřej Soukup ; editor, Alois Fišárek ; director of photography, Vladimír Smutný. |
| Note |
Originally produced as a Czechoslovakian motion picture in 2001. |
| Audience |
MPAA Rating: Rated R. |
| Summary |
A romantic melodrama set during World War II, this is the story of two Czech pilots, Karel and Franta, who escape their Nazi-occupied homeland to enlist as volunteers with the RAF, only to be stuck cooling their heels in English lessons, and fighting drills on bicycles. Allowed into the air at last, there are dogfights with Messerschmitts, planes shot down, parachute escapes, and attacks on various Nazi installations. For the two friends, however, their unfortunate, mutual fascination with Susan will have consequences that survive the war. |
| Contents |
Start -- Franta Sláma -- Karel Vojtisek -- Tryst with Hanicka -- Occupation orders -- Karel's documents -- English lessons -- Ambushed by Messerschmitts -- Karel bails out -- Susan -- Missing-in-action -- A different hunger -- Evacuees -- Blaschke's birthday -- An afternoon with Susan -- Dear Karel letter -- David & Goliath -- Something to tell him -- Parents visiting day -- A spin over France -- Two orphans -- "Dark Blue World" -- Saving Franta's life -- Franta apologizes -- The funeral -- Taking a swim -- Back from the dead -- Homecoming. |
| Note |
Special features: Director's and producer's commentary ; Documentary "The Making of Jan Svěrák's Dark Blue World" (33 min.) [subtitled] ; Making-of visual effects (7 min.) ; Aerial symphony (3 min.) ; photo montage ; trailers. |
| Language |
In Czech and English, with optional English subtitles. |
| Note |
GMD: videorecording. |
| Subject |
Great Britain. Royal Air Force -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Aerial operations -- Drama.
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World War, 1939-1945 -- Czechoslovakia -- Drama.
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Air pilots, Military.
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War films.
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Feature films.
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Foreign films.
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| Added Author |
Svěrák, Jan.
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Svěrák, Zdeněk.
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Abraham, Eric.
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Vetchý, Ondřej, 1962-
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Hádek, Kryštof, 1982-
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Fitzgerald, Tara, 1968-
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Kaiser, Oldřich, 1955-
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Dance, Charles.
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Sony Pictures Classics (Firm)
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Eurimages (Organization)
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Helkon Media.
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Phoenix Film (Firm)
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Fandango (Firm)
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Česká televize (Prague, Czech Republic)
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Biograf Jan Svěrák (Firm)
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Portobello Pictures (Firm)
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment (Firm)
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| Added Title |
Tmavomodrý svet |
| ISBN |
0767886658 |
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9780767886659 |
| Standard No. |
043396082755 |
| Music No. |
08275 Sony Pictures Classics |
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