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The Pearl Necklace

1965 · 72 min

A child's-eye view of war's end, mixing innocent adventure with sudden danger and moral weight.

Directed by
Dimitrij Plichta
Genres
War, Drama
Starring
Zdeněk Kutil, Oldřich Velen, Jarmila Smejkalová
Overview
For nine-year-old Saša, the end of the Second World War is an adventure in which he and young neighbour friend Mařenka compete over who will spot the first Soviet soldier. But the boy causes problems when he lets two German snipers enter a house in which many families are seeking shelter. Fortunately, the inquisitive Saša also comes to the aid of Soviet soldier Váňa, whom one of the neighbours is accusing of stealing a pearl necklace.

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Directed by
Dimitrij Plichta
Genres
War, Drama
Starring
Zdeněk Kutil, Oldřich Velen, Jarmila Smejkalová
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Tone
  • tensestrength 2 of 3
  • melancholicstrength 2 of 3
  • warmstrength 1 of 3
  • earneststrength 1 of 3
Pacing
measured, 2 of 4, from slow-burn to relentless
Attention
engaged, 3 of 4, from background-friendly to demanding
Themes
  • war
  • coming-of-age
  • guilt
  • survival
  • justice
Places
  • small town
  • home
Era
period
Audience
teen
Form
None
Content intensity
  • Gore mild
  • Language mild
  • Violence mild
  • Sex none
All scales, 0 to 10
Scales, 0 to 10
ScaleValue0 to 10
Action3
Horror2
Humour2
Realism8
Romance0
Tension6
Darkness6
Complexity5
Emotional weight7

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Details

Genres
war, drama
Directed by
Dimitrij Plichta
Written by
Jiří Blažek, Dimitrij Plichta
Starring
Zdeněk Kutil, Oldřich Velen, Jarmila Smejkalová, Dáša Pazderová, Jan Marsalek, Martin Masner, Josef Karlík, Jaroslava Tichá
Runtime
72 min
Languages
Czech

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