The Bells Toll for the Barefooted

A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.

• Stanislav BarabášDirector
• Ivan BukovčanScreenplay
• Zdeněk LiškaOriginal Music Composer

• Vlado MüllerOndrej
• Ivan RajniakStašek
• Axel DietrichCaptive Hans Joachim Gruber
• Ewa KrzyżewskaVerona
• Radovan LukavskýGerman Lieutenant
• Jozef SorokGerman Lieutenant Werner
• Pavol BencaCast
• Hans BrücknerCast
• Anton DrobnýCast
• Pavel FeiglerCast
• Emil GarbárCast
• Štefan ChmelCast