Released:
2001-05-17

Overview:
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.

Director:
Jan Svěrák

Runtime:
1h 52min

Genre:
Action, Drama, War

• Cast:
• 
  Ondřej Vetchý
  as
  František Sláma
• 
  Kryštof Hádek
  as
  Karel Vojtíšek
• 
  Tara Fitzgerald
  as
  Susan Whitmore
• 
  Oldřich Kaiser
  as
  Jan Machatý
• 
  Linda Rybová
  as
  Hanička Pecharová