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Dark Blue World [DVD]

Tara Fitzgerald (Actor), Ondrej Vetchy (Actor), Jan Sverak (Director) Rated:

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Genre	Foreign
Format	Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Anamorphic, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC See more
Contributor	Biograf Jan Sverak; Dark Blue World; Fandango S.R.L.; Helkon Media Filmproduktion; Phoenix Film Inve, Jan Sverak, Eric Abraham, Ondrej Vetchy, Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance, Krystof Hadek See more
Language	Czech
Runtime	1 hour and 53 minutes

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Having flown for the British Royal Air Force, Czech pilot Franta Sláma (Ondrej Vetchy´) finds himself imprisoned in a post-WWII totalitarian Communist labor camp for "betraying" his country. Rewinding this story, award-winning director Jan Sverák takes us back to when Franta and his young protégé Karel Vojtisek (Krystof Hádek) escape Nazi-occupied Czechoslovakia to join the RAF in fighting the Germans. Frustrated at not being allowed to fly against the enemy until they can speak English and their RAF re-training is complete, a strong father/son bond between Franta and Karel quickly develops. After three months of training they are finally sent into combat, but the stress of the war, plus their mutual love for a married English woman, tests their strong friendship. DARK BLUE WORLD is a story about love, comradeship and sacrifice told with the nostalgic sentiment of classic Hollywood movies and the romance and historical backdrop of World War II.

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Aspect Ratio ‏ : ‎ 2.35:1
Is Discontinued By Manufacturer ‏ : ‎ No
MPAA rating ‏ : ‎ R (Restricted)
Package Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.5 x 5.3 x 0.6 inches; 4 Ounces
Director ‏ : ‎ Jan Sverak
Media Format ‏ : ‎ Closed-captioned, Color, Dolby, Dubbed, Anamorphic, DVD, Special Edition, Subtitled, Widescreen, NTSC
Run time ‏ : ‎ 1 hour and 53 minutes
Release date ‏ : ‎ January 1, 2002
Actors ‏ : ‎ Tara Fitzgerald, Ondrej Vetchy, Krystof Hadek, Charles Dance
Dubbed: ‏ : ‎ English
Subtitles: ‏ : ‎ English
Producers ‏ : ‎ Eric Abraham
Language ‏ : ‎ Czech (Dolby Digital 5.1)
Studio ‏ : ‎ Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
ASIN ‏ : ‎ B0000648X2
Number of discs ‏ : ‎ 1

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Reviewed in the United States on June 19, 2012

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Upon reading of the movie being aired in two different languages with sub-titles I shied away from the movie. I'm really not much into sub-titles but of course being a self-proclaimed aviation history buff especially dealing with Spitfire A/C I decided to buy a used copy through Amazon.com for $17.98 delivered. I thought for that price if nothing else I'll get some nice A/C scenes , etc. Being a Pilot, I too am a stickler for authenticity, being an ex-member of a present day War-bird Association & other A/C organizations. THIS DVD MOVIE WAS A VERY PLEASANT SURPRISE ! Even my wife enjoyed it & believe me she shy's away from A/C movies as one of the main topics where-ever we visit is usually A/C as Pilots tend to talk about one subject in my circle of pilot friends but once we got into the movie with the love triangle building the wife was hooked, even hoping that the two characters in love with the same woman would safely return. And " NO " in our view it wasn't quite the same as the love triangle in the DVD Pearl Harbor. This is also one of the few movies that portray the way it really happened during that time frame of WW2 in the Royal Air Force. It's a movie with lots of surprises as well as tears: " VERY,VERY,REALISTIC " !
Great action scenes, you're there in that Spitfire giving as well as receiving ! And also the sad truth of a country being taken over by communist rule treating their war heroes as slaves with no recognition for helping to defeat Nazi Germany. A splendid & moving movie but it just might be a " HISTORY LESSON " as well ! 5-STARS !

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Rick Galati

Heros Among Us

Reviewed in the United States on July 16, 2002

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Lately, I have been drawn to war movies filmed from a point of view distinctly not American. This film can serve as a helpful primer to historical fact as to Czech involvement in the allied war effort during WWII. And that effort was heroic indeed. The production values and especially the cinematography of this Czech produced film are every bit as good as anything American audiences are accustomed to, but one must adapt to subtitles unless of course, you speak Czech. But it was the humanity of the characters that made this story so compelling. For instance, the Czech wing commandeer, upon returning from a training mission with his young pilot officers did not display the slightest hesitation in eagerly seeking out his dog for a gentle romp on the ground in full view of his subordinates. You would never see John Wayne or Gregory Peck display such affection for a dog in similiar circumstances. Another altered perspective had to do with allowing the engineer and fireman of a rolling supply train to evacuate before aerial straffing began. As a long time aviation buff, I purchased this movie because of the promise of airplanes. The movie does not disappoint. Some details were noted by this viewer for the first time, such as the distinctive thud of landing gear doors slamming shut on a departing Spitfire, even a tail wheel casually rotating about its axis upon a grassy landing. From an action point of view, the flying sequences were excellent and Spitfires were plentiful. But to me, the real draw came to be the bonding of men in perilous times, and for the Czech pilots who fought with the RAF in WW11, I learned this process did not realize full closure until the early 1990's.

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The dialog is in both English and Czech but PLEASE ...

Reviewed in the United States on August 12, 2017

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The dialog is in both English and Czech but PLEASE don't be put off by subtitles. (You're watching it on a DVD so if you miss a line or two, use the rewind button.) This film shows the struggles the Czech pilots went through from the humiliating Nazi invasion, escaping to England to fight back through the RAF, and sadly, being punished by the Soviets on their return home after the war. The aerial scenes are visually stunning and ranks up there with the Piece of Cake miniseries. Please take my advise and give this well made film a look.

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Flying Czechs

Reviewed in the United States on June 13, 2002

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I watched this film last night (VHS) and found it to be most interesting and well done.
Even though it has a series of flashbacks, from 1950 to 1940, it is pretty easy to follow the storyline and the characters.
The subtitles won't slow you down either.
It mainly follows the adventures of a group of Czechs who flee German occupied homeland and seek to fight with the British against the Germans.
It starts a bit slow, but picks up with some very good scenes that are handled by a gifted director. Once the group begins flying against the Germans, a change takes place in the film. There are more Spitfires than you can shake out of a birch tree. Some stunning and incredibly intense action sequences that are on the level of any other film of this type. The air to ground attacks are top notch and will get your attention.
The Czechs speak Czech, the Germans German and the British, of course, the Queen's English - some touching scenes when the pilots are being taught English.
Worth the time to view and enjoy this little Czech gem.
Ironmike

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Robert R. Smale

Battle of Britain film from a Czech perspective

Reviewed in the United States on September 22, 2018

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Enjoyable film. Nice to see a film on the Battle of Britain from the perspective of pilots from other nations who participated. In this case it was Czech pilots and the experience of those pilots once they returned to a Communist nation after the war. Unfortunately, the copy of the DVD I received was not new and skipped at the very end of the film, meaning I missed a bit of dialogue there. The case was also damaged worst than the seller indicated. There were also some issues with the subtitles.

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Mr. Stephen Kennedy

Convincingly presented Czech perspective on the Battle of Britain

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on May 14, 2010

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There's a compelling story here, that hasn't been told before, of the Czech pilots who fled Czechoslovakia to join the RAF at the beginning of WW II. A collection of warm and convincing performances by the leads show the bond between men during war time, intercut with aerial scenes which are surprisingly and convincingly authentic.. these are real planes up there, and one of the films key strengths is it's feeling of how tangible these planes are, both on and off the ground. This is done by some clever photography, but also by re-using some of the skirmishes shot for `Battle of Britain' back in 1969... seamlessly done so you'd never know it. The end result is you don't have that aftertaste that computer generated flying scenes leave you with of watching a photo realistic cartoon where the physics is not.. quite.. right. Indeed, when real planes are used as they are here, they feel like one of the characters of the movie, so evocative they are of the time. They genuinely feel you can reach out and touch them, and when you hear them, you just know it is real, not some sound engineer's creation.
On the other hand, the bond between men has been illustrated with a somewhat hackneyed story line- two men fall for the same lady during war time, and this aspect, though sweet enough with characters we care about, feels like an overused plot device. Tara Fitzgerald is the weakest of the main leads, let down by a script which fails in this key romantic thread of the story to feel organic and real, contrasted by the way it succeeds so well in the rest of the movie at illustrating the experience of Czech pilots in the RAF in an authentic and uncontrived way. The themes of the movie and sensitivity of the direction mean this is by no means a fatal flaw, merely a quibble in an otherwise satisfying and well balanced movie.
The main story in this central part is contrasted by scenes from 5 years after the war, in a Czech labour camp. To the unititated this is certainly the most surprising part of the story, how the heroes of the Battle of Britain returned to Czechoslovakia as outcasts and jailed out of fear they could rouse the same fervour against the Soviet regime that they did against the Nazis. One feels there is almost a whole other movie that could have been made out of these few scenes which leave the fate of the main character hanging. Indeed, the contrast of the ending to the warm camaraderie of wartime is refreshingly un-Hollywood, but an integral part of telling the experience of these brave men.
So it's not an absolutely perfect concoction, with a rather trite romantic thread framing an altogether more interesting and relatively untold story of the Second World War. Stunning cinematography and a clutch of memorable performances should win you over however and bump this up to 4 stars. Don't be put off by the Czech language - indeed, much of the movie is in English anyway. This does not mean this is your typical Euro-picture smorgasboard, but rather it is a coherently presented vision superior in many ways to much larger budgeted wartime movies of the last couple of decades. The tangible reality of the Spitfires and the dewy morning `Scramble!'s are worth it alone.

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Neil Carmichael

Just brilliant!

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on December 9, 2010

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This movie challenges the idea of what war movies are about. It is ultimately an optimistic movie but far from sentimental. There are no good guys or bad guys although everyone gets the chance to "discover the hero inside yourself"! The genius of this movie is in two parts:
1)The concept: The relationships between all the characters is multilayered and ambiguous: the ex SS doctor is revealed as a man tortured by his context but consoling himself with individual acts of compassion. The exemplary squadron leader cheats and then is cheated on. Each of the characters have their moment in the film which says something in a subtle but meaningful way; there is no-one in the movie whose part is redundant. As perfect study in irony and pathos as the classics have to offer.
2)The production: The movie is directed, filmed and acted in a way which is near to faultless. I don't suppose you can get airworthy spitfires to do airobatics and stunts in any more, but the action scenes are brilliant and believeable; better than "Battle of Britain". The filming has truly beautiful photographic quality and the acting is flawless.
Not too bad, in fact :-)

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Brendan Ray Cyrus

Average movie

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on March 18, 2017

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If you are looking for a nice, sentimental movie about how the Czech pilots came to the UK to fight the Luftwaffe with the RAF, then this the movie for you. Plot Spoilers ahead- This movie depicts Czech pilots arriving to Airbases in England to learn the English language (for months) and then fly with the RAF during WW2. It comes across as a propaganda piece where the British pilots are a bunch of cigarette smoking beer drinkers, whereas the Czech pilots are brilliant pilots who in between seducing beautiful English women, manage to save us during the Battle of Britain.
Two stars for the music, and the direction.

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LKguy

These Czechs were real heroes

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on February 23, 2018

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This film is a gem. It follows the growing friendship & relationship between an older, experienced Czech fighter pilot and a younger cadet in the Czech air force at the time of the Munich crisis. The two men defect to the Royal Air Force after the German annexation of Czechoslovakia. The story follows their acceptance by the RAF, their growing skill & courage as fighter pilots in the Battle of Britain and their rivalry for the love of an English woman.
As an action film, the air battles are realistic & exciting. The romantic scenes are unforced and convincing. The story ends with victory in Europe and the imprisonment of the returning Czech Air Force pilots by the postwar communist regime in Czechoslovakia. They are imprisoned because of the communist suspicion that they are possible spies & saboteurs against the new regime. This is a little known fact of postwar history in Europe that deserves to be better known.

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Evelyn

Brilliant Story

Reviewed in the United Kingdom on September 13, 2020

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It follows the Czech airman who then went on to be imprisoned for the part they played against Nazi Germany. That is a true story and this adaptation covers it so well.

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