
The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
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- Runtime
- 96 mins
A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.
A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.
Cast
- Vlado Müller
- Ivan Rajniak
- Axel Dietrich
- Ewa Krzyżewska
- Radovan Lukavský
- Jozef Sorok
- Pavol Benca
- Hans Brückner
- Anton Drobný
- Pavel Feigler
- Emil Garbár
- Štefan Chmel
- Rudolf Kekely
- Koloman Matušík
- Ondrej Struhár
- František Török
- Viera Strnisková
- Hugo Kaminský
- František Gervai
Director
- Stanislav Barabáš
Producers
Screenwriter
- Ivan Bukovčan