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The Silent Village (1943)

The Silent Village (1943)

Drama History War Documentary
Release Date: 1943, June 17
Directors: Humphrey Jennings
Countries: United Kingdom, Czechoslovakia
Production: Crown Film Unit, Ministry of Information, Czechoslovak Ministry of Foreign Affairs, South Wales Miners Federation
Cast: Arwel Michael

Overview:

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales.

Keywords:

world war ii propaganda resistance miner execution solidarity nazi occupation wales mining town czech history assassination of reinhard heydrich (1942) lidice massacre coal mines