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Turbina (1941)

Turbina poster
Directed by
Otakar Vávra
Genre
drama film, historical film
Country
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia, Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 38m
Rating
6.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A family struggles with social change and secret tensions. The story focuses on a father and daughter whose lives are disrupted by a mysterious man and a new power machine.

intensedatedsoberatmosphericstatelyearthytensegritty

What happens

Turbine (Czech: Turbina) is a 1941 Czech historical drama film directed by Otakar Vávra and starring František Smolík, Lída Baarová and Vlasta Matulová. It is based on a novel by Karel Matěj Čapek-Chod. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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