The Coward
1962 · Movie · 98 min. · Czechoslovakia
In this moral study of heroism set in a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans, but, at the end of his humiliation, finds the courage to save his honor and the innocent victims of the Nazis.
Direction Jirí Weiss
Cast Daniela Smutná · Ladislav Chudík · Oleg Strizhenov · Wilhelm Koch-Hooge · Jindrich Narenta · Frantisek Dibarbora
Soundtrack Jirí Srnka
Screenplay Ivan Bukovcan · Ota Ornest · Jirí Weiss
Cinematography Josef Strecha
Original title Zbabelec
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Not rated (FilmAffinity)
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