Adelheid (1970)
In the aftermath of World War II, a soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family and falls in love with the daughter, now a maid. Their relationship forces him to confront the tension between his love and his conscience.
- Date of release
- 1970-02-06
- TMDB
- 6.9 / 10 (24)
- Runtime
- 1h 44m
- Genres
- Drama, Romance
- Director
- František Vláčil
Casting
- Petr Čepek — Viktor Chotovický
- Emma Černá — Adelheid Heidenmannová
- Jan Vostrčil — Sergeant Hejna
- Pavel Landovský — Guardsman Jindra
- Jana Krupičková — Girl
- Lubomír Tlalka — Guardsman Karel
- Miloš Willig
- Karel Hábl — Guardian
- Zdeněk Mátl — Hansgeorg Heidenmann
- Alžběta Frejková
- Josef Němeček
- Karel Bělohradský
Interesting facts
Adelheid is a 1970 Czechoslovak drama film directed by František Vláčil, based on a 1967 novel of the same name by Czech writer Vladimír Körner. The story is about the complicated relationship between Czech man Viktor and German woman Adelheid, and about relationships between Czechs and Germans in postwar Czechoslovakia in general.
Production
As in other novels by Körner, the story is set in Sudetenland in Northern Moravia. The movie was shot in Lužec castle located close the town of Vroutek (German: Rudig) in western Bohemia and in the villages close to Liberec in Northern Bohemia.
The soundtrack, adapted by Zdeněk Liška is based on existing music by Bach and Strauss, which complements the atmosphere of the film. The film was produced by Film Studio Barrandov Czechoslovakia in 1969.
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