Set in the Libyan Desert in WW2 a battalion of Czech soldiers face the siege of Tobruk.
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| Jan Meduna | ... | Private Jiri Pospíchal | |
| Petr Vanek | ... | Private Jan Lieberman | |
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Robert Nebrenský | ... | Corporal Kohák |
| Michal Novotný | ... | Private Ruzicka | |
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Martin Nahálka | ... | Sergeant Borný |
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Matús Krátky | ... | Private Janický |
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Krystof Rímský | ... | Private Kutina |
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Petr Lnenicka | ... | Private Sajda |
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Andrej Polák | ... | Private Dunda |
| Petr Stach | ... | Private Dubálek | |
| Radim Fiala | ... | Lieutenant Halík | |
| Matej Hádek | ... | Redhead | |
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Karel Klinovsky | ... | Battalion Commander |
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Petr Halberstadt | ... | Battalion Doctor |
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Petr Vrsek | ... | Battalion Chaplain |
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It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiri Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death. Written by AnonymousB
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Release Date:
4 September 2008 (Slovakia) See more »Also Known As:
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Budget:
CZK 80,000,000 (estimated)Opening Weekend:
$112,656 (Czech Republic), 11 September 2008, Limited ReleaseCompany Credits
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(original) | (Pantalla Pinamar Festival)Sound Mix:
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This narrow insight into the famous battle of the North African Campaign during the Second World War could just leave you cold. Agreed, there generally aren't too many productions about the (Czecho)Slovakian participation in the war but I have to say that Dark Blue World was simply the better and the more interesting movie. Maybe I was just too much disappointed by the advertising of the film that promised to consider the whole battle but this film presented only very small portion of the action. More highlighted were some shocking twists of a runaway soldier, which maybe have a fair anti-war purpose but then the movie should have had entirely a different name than "Tobruk". Avoid this if you want to see a film about the battle of Tobruk; and watch this if you were looking for a film about war in bare bones.