Tobruk

Tobruk

9.6. 22:00
ČT2
100 minutes
2008
Slovakia / Czech Republic Drama / Historic / War

It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death.

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Czech, audio commentary Czech
2008
Slovakia / Czech Republic Drama / Historic / War

It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death.

Creators

Václav Marhoul, Richard Horowitz, V. Smutný. Scénář a režie V. Marhoul, Sussan Deyhim, Václav Marhoul