Distant Journey (1949)

Original title

Daleká cesta

Directed by

Alfréd Radok

Genre

drama film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 48m

Rated

U

Rating

6.8 of 10 from 20 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A Jewish woman and her non-Jewish husband try to survive the Nazi occupation of Czechoslovakia during World War II. The film mixes documentary footage with a fictional story about their struggle.

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What happens

Distant Journey (Czech: Daleká cesta) is a Czechoslovak film about the Holocaust directed by Alfréd Radok and released in 1949, not long after World War II. Radok uses experimental cinematography, blending historic footage of the Nazis with a fictional love story between a Jewish woman and her Gentile husband. Soon after the film's release, Stalinist censorship was implemented in Czechoslovakia. The film was not allowed to have a premiere in Prague. It was only shown in small theatres outside of Prague until it was banned completely. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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