The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
MovieTitle | Zvony pre bosých |
User score | 6.4 |
Release date | Sep 4, 1965 |
Genre | Drama, War |
Director | Stanislav Barabáš |
Production country | Czechoslovakia |
Production companies | Československý film Bratislava |
Run time | 96 min. |
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.