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Zborov (1939)

Zborov (1939)

Drama War
Release Date: 1939, January 6
Directors: Jiří Slavíček, J. A. Holman
Countries: Czechoslovakia
Production: Nationalfilm
Cast: Jiří Plachý, Vladimír Šmeral, Václav Trégl, Ladislav Boháč, František Smolík, Jarmila Beránková, Stanislav Neumann, L. H. Struna, Andrej Bagar, František Vnouček, Bedřich Veverka, František Kreuzmann

Overview:

In the Škoda factory, where they are feverishly rearming in 1914, works the foreman Kalina, the father of the young men Pavel and Jan. Pavel is a supporter of the monarchy, while Jan, on the contrary, defends the idea of ​​our national independence. Just before mobilization, Jan escapes to Russia, where he joins a group of volunteer legionnaires called the "Czech Company", fighting against the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. Pavel enlists in the Austrian army. The brothers do not meet again until July 1917 in the battle of Zborov in Ukraine, which marked a successful breakthrough of the Austro-Hungarian front.

Keywords:

world war i