Dark Blue World

Dark Blue World

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Release Date

5/17/2001

Runtime

112 mins

Overview

Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.

Status

Released

Original Language

Czech

Budget

$5,000,000

Revenue

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A wartime romance where personal desire and military duty collide, told through the eyes of two Czech pilots who must navigate both aerial combat and emotional turbulence over the same English countryside. The film balances the adrenaline of combat with the ache of losing both a friend and a woman to circumstance.

Mood

WistfulRomanticExhilaratingMelancholic

Themes

FriendshipLoveIdentityWar

Tone

Earnest

Pacing

Steady

Look

Naturalistic

Structure

Linear

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Graphic violence

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