Dark Blue World

Dark Blue World (2001)

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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.

Date of release
2001-05-17
TMDB
6.9 / 10 (97)
Runtime
1h 52m
Genres
Action, Drama, War
Director
Jan Svěrák

Casting

Interesting facts

  • Awards: 0 · Nominations: 2

Dark Blue World is a 2001 war drama film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, the Academy Award-winning director of Kolya. The film is about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the director's father. The film stars Czech actors Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek and Oldřich Kaiser. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey.

Production

Principal photography for the film involved a large number of locations: Hradčany Airport, Czech Republic, Dover, England, Germany and South Africa.

Dogfight footage from the 1969 film Battle of Britain was seamlessly integrated with contemporary film footage using computer imagery and mastering to create the aerial sequences due to the prohibitively expensive cost ($10,000 per hour) of renting a real Spitfire. The scene of a train being attacked was the most expensive scene in Czech cinema history, costing more than the entire film Kolya.

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