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Dark Blue World

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Suitable for mature audiences 16 years and over.

NOTE: Contains Low Level Violence

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Dark Blue World is an excellent film, it mixes aerial combat scenes with a tragic love story. The action is plausible and the characters you can relate to, their Czechoslovak background is much easier to connect with than a typical Hollywood character, which helps to put you in the movie. Overall and enjoyable and thought provoking film, that gives an insight into a chaotic period in history.

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Having flown for the British Royal Air Force, Czech pilot Franta Slama (Ondrej Vetchy) finds himself imprisoned in a post-WWII totalitarian Communist labour camp for "betraying" his country. Rewinding his story, award-winning director Jan Sverak (Kolya) takes us back to when Franta and his young protege Karel Vojtisek (Krystof Hadek) escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to join the RAF in fighting the Germans. Frustrated at not being allowed to fly against the enemy until they can speak English and their RAF re-training is complete, a strong father-son bond between Franta and Karel quickly develops. After three months of training they are finally sent into combat, but the stress of the war, plus their mutual love for a married English woman (Tara Fitzgerald) tests their strong friendship. Dark Blue World is a story about love, comradeship and sacrifice told with the nostalgic sentiment of classic Hollywood movies and the romance and historical backdrop of WWII.
Release date NZ
August 1st, 2006
Movie Format
DVD Region
  • Region 4
Aspect Ratio
  • 1.78 : 1
Language
English
Length (Minutes)
108
Subtitles
English, English - Hl
Supported Audio
  • Dolby Digital Surround 5.1
Genre
Original Release Year
2001
UPC
9317731012822
Product ID
1458304

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