Zbabelec
In this moral study of heroism set in a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Soviet parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-German partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans, but at the end of his humiliation, finds the courage to save his honor and the innocent victims of the Germans.
- Runtime
- 1h 38m
- Released
- 1962
Details
Release year: 1962
Storyline
In this moral study of heroism set in a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Soviet parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-German partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans, but at the end of his humiliation, finds the courage to save his honor and the innocent victims of the Germans.
Top credits
- Daniela Smutná — Frantiska Bednárová
- Ladislav Chudík — ucitel Bednár
- Oleg Strizhenov — partyzán Oleg
- Wilhelm Koch-Hooge — nemecký porucík Schmolka