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Divided We Fall
Jan Hrebjek
Czech Republic
2001
117m
35mm
drama
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This dark comedy, set in a small Czech town occupied by German forces during the last years of the Second World War is full of unexpected twists and surprises. Josef and Marie Cizek are a childless couple. Marie yearns for a baby, but unfortunately her husband is sterile. By chance one day they come across a young Jewish man named David, and they offer him refuge in their home. Josef persuades his wife to become pregnant by their hidden fugitive. In this rather paradoxical way, David repays his debt to those who have saved his life. The story culminates in May 1945 when the baby is about to be born. The family is once again threatened-this time by self-appointed judges and those who want to punish Nazi collaborators. DIVIDED WE FALL tells a tale of heroes motivated by compassion, of decent people and traitors, of apathetic passivity and the thirst for life.
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