Shadows of a Hot Summer (1978)

Original title

Stíny horkého léta

Directed by

František Vláčil

Genre

drama film, war film

Country

Czechoslovakia, Romania

Runtime

1h 39m

Rated

U

Rating

7.2 of 10 from 9 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

A family in rural Czechoslovakia suffers under the threat of a Nazi-aligned militia during World War II. The film follows their desperate struggle to survive when a group of soldiers occupies their farm.

tensegrittyslow-burnatmosphericsombersuspensefulbleak

What happens

Shadows of a Hot Summer (Czech: Stíny horkého léta) is a 1978 Czechoslovak thriller film by František Vláčil. The film won a Crystal Globe award at the Karlovy Vary International Film Festival in 1978. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

Trailer

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