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Oasis

1972 · 90 min

A tense, sun-scorched survival trek where every drop of water and every step weighs heavily on a small group of desperate men.

Overview
The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.

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Tone
  • tensestrength 3 of 3
  • bleakstrength 2 of 3
  • earneststrength 2 of 3
  • darkstrength 2 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • survival
  • war
  • isolation
  • loyalty
  • death
Places
  • wilderness
Era
period
Audience
adult
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
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Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action5
Horror2
Humour1
Realism7
Romance0
Tension7
Darkness6
Complexity4
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
war, drama, adventure
Directed by
Zbyněk Brynych
Written by
Kamil Pixa, Miloslav Fábera
Starring
Radoslav Brzobohatý, Štefan Kvietik, Rudolf Hrušínský, Jaroslav Rozsíval, Ladislav Potměšil, Jiří Krampol, Josef Bláha, Wilhelm Koch-Hooge
Music
Jiří Sternwald
Cinematography
Josef Vaniš
Runtime
90 min
Country
Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia
Languages
Czech, German

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