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Lost Children (1957)

Lost Children poster
Original title
Ztracenci
Directed by
Miloš Makovec
Genre
drama film, war film, historical film
Country
Czechoslovakia
Runtime
1h 23m
Rating
7.7 of 10 from 3 voters
Elsewhere
IMDb

How it feels

A group of children become separated from their families during wartime. The film follows their struggle to survive as they face the dangers and hardships of a conflict-torn landscape.

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What happens

Lost Children (Czech: Ztracenci) is a 1956 Czechoslovak historical drama anti-war film directed by Miloš Makovec and based on Jiří Brdečka's adaptation of a short story by Alois Jirásek. The film was screened in the main competition section of the 1957 Cannes Film Festival. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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