Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)

Original title

Romeo, Julie a tma

Directed by

Jiří Weiss

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Czechoslovakia

Runtime

1h 32m

Rating

6.2 of 10 from 22 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

The catalogue in 3D

The film shelves have a room of their own that you can walk around in. The cat behind the counter is the AI Catbot, and they pick real films from the same catalogue when you tell them what you feel like watching. Nothing is for sale, here or in there. Go in from here and this film is already out on the counter, with more like it waiting on the shelf next to it.

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How it feels

A young student hides a Jewish woman from the Gestapo during World War II. Their love develops under the constant threat of discovery.

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What happens

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (Czech: Romeo, Julie a tma) is a 1960 Czech drama film directed by Jiří Weiss. Inspired by William Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet, the film is about problems experienced by a young Jewish woman who is hidden from the Gestapo by a student lover. In 1997 a TV adaptation of the same name was directed by Karel Smyczek. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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