The read
It runs a compact 1h 30m.
Synopsis
The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.
Ratings
IMDb5.9/10
5 audience votes
Key crew
- Miloslav FáberaScreenplay
- Zbyněk BrynychDirector
- Kamil PixaScreenplay
- Jiří SternwaldOriginal Music Composer
Cast
- Radoslav Brzobohatýporucík Jan Navara
- Štefan KvietikSerzant
- Rudolf HrušínskýKaprál 'baron'
- Jaroslav RozsívalOlda
- Ladislav PotměšilPepin
- Jiří KrampolKaiser
- Josef BláhaMamina
- Wilhelm Koch-HoogeMajor von Lüderitz
- Eduard CupákMajor von Lüderitz (voice)
- Zdeněk ŘehořBerg
- Josef VinklářNowak