Overview
A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czechoslovakia. When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.
Fun facts
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Nominations
2 award nominations, including the Oscar for Best International Feature Film (2004)
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Filming locations
Filmed in Prague and Zázrivá
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Setting
Set in Czechoslovakia
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Music
Music by Petr Ostrouchov
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Cinematography
Cinematography by Asen Šopov
Details
- Director
- Writers
- Květa LegátováNovel
- Petr JarchovskýScreenplay
- Original title
- Želary
- Status
- Released
- Release date
- September 4, 2003
- Original language
- Czech
- Countries
- Austria, Czech Republic, Slovakia
Cast
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