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The Spring of Life
CZ, 2000, 107min., 35 mm
Second world war. After her mother's death a girl named Greta FROM a German-Czech family is chosen for a malformed Nazi programme within which she should with other girls become a founder of the new 'pure' race. She is placed INTO a Silesian… More
Synopsis
Second world war. After her mother's death a girl named Greta FROM a German-Czech family is chosen for a malformed Nazi programme within which she should with other girls become a founder of the new 'pure' race. She is placed INTO a Silesian sanatorium where she meets a Jewish son of the former owner and falls in love with him. Love is in the end stronger than the Aryan programme and Greta instead of a 'racially higher man' gives birth to a child of the beloved man.
| Director | Milan Cieslar |
|---|---|
| Screenwriter | Vladimír Körner, Milan Cieslar |
| Director of photography | Marek Jícha |
| Editor | Miloslav Liška |
| Sound | Jiří Meixner |
| Featuring | Monika Hilmerová, Michal Sieczkowski, Vilma Cibulková, Johana Tesařová, Božidara Turzonovová, Karel Dobrý, Bronislav Poloczek |
| Producer | Milan Cieslar |
| Genre | Feature |
| Production Companies | Happy Celluloid |
| Distribution in Czech Republic | Intersonic |
| Sales | ČT – Telexport |
| Co-production | Česká televize |
| Supported by fund | Czech State Fund for the Support and Development of Czech Cinematography |
| Premiere | 03.02.2000 |
| Award: | Finále Plzeň 2000 – Special Award, IFF Cottbus 2000 (Germany) – Special Recognition, IFF Rimouski 2000 (Québec, Canada) – best long film, best screenplay), IFF Tróia 2001 (Portugal) – best actress (Monika Hilmerová) |
