Dark Blue World

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.

6.85

112 min

Cast

Ondřej Vetchý

as František Sláma

Kryštof Hádek

as Karel Vojtíšek

Tara Fitzgerald

as Susan Whitmore

Oldřich Kaiser

as Jan Machatý

Linda Rybová

as Hanička Pecharová

David Novotný

as Bedřich Mrtvý

Charles Dance

as Wing Commander Bentley

Jaromír Dulava

as Railwayman Kaňka

Lukáš Kantor

as Tamtam

Juraj Bernáth

as Jan Gregora

Miroslav Táborský

as Vilda Houf

Hans-Jörg Assmann

as Doctor Blaschke

Anna Massey

as English Teacher

Thure Riefenstein

as German Officer Hesse

Viktor Preiss

as Major Skokan

John Warnaby

as RAF Instructor

Petr Burian

as Vrba Vlastik

Jeremy Swift

as Cpl. Pierce

Sophie Wilcox

as WAAF Jane

Charlotte Fairman

as WAAF Sally

Caroline Holdaway

as Mrs. Brett

Daniela Kolářová

as matka Haničky

Director

Jan Svěrák