The Bells Toll for the Barefooted (1965)
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Overview
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 Barabáš
Director
Zdeněk Liška
Composer
Top Billed Cast
Vlado Müller
Ondrej
Ivan Rajniak
Stašek
Axel Dietrich
Captive Hans Joachim Gruber
Ewa Krzyżewska
Verona
Radovan Lukavský
German Lieutenant
Jozef Sorok
German Lieutenant Werner
Pavol Benca
Hans Brückner
Anton Drobný
Pavel Feigler
