And Give My Love to the Swallows

And Give My Love to the Swallows

86 mins | Drama | May 26, 1972

This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.

And Give My Love to the Swallows

86 mins | Drama | May 26, 1972

And Give My Love to the Swallows
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
IMDb rating 6.8
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title ...a pozdravuji vlaštovky
Directors Claudi Niubò, Miroslav Voštiar, Jaromil Jireš
Writers Zora Beráková, Marie Kudeříková, Zdeněk Dufek, Jaromil Jireš

Cast

Magda Vášáryová

as Maruška Kudeříková

Viera Strnisková

as Mother

Július Vašek

as Father

Dagmar Bláhová

as Julinka

Jan Ekl

as