Romeo, Juliet and Darkness

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness

92 mins | Drama, War | April 15, 1960

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness

92 mins | Drama, War | April 15, 1960

Romeo, Juliet and Darkness
Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.
IMDb rating 7.5
Producers Filmové studio Barrandov
Original title Romeo, Julie a tma
Directors Věra Ženíšková, Zdenek Sirový, Jiří Weiss
Writers Bedřich Kubala, Jan Otčenášek, Jiří Weiss

Cast

Ivan Mistrík

as Pavel

Dana Smutná

as Hanka

Jiřina Šejbalová

as Pavel's Mother

František Smolík

as Grandfather

Karla Svobodová

as Martička