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Romeo, Juliet and Darkness (1960)

Pavel, a young student living in Prague in 1942, hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army, love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother, who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.

Released April 15, 1960 92 min None+

Genres: Drama, Romance, War

Keywords: tmdb.based-on-novel-or-book, tmdb.world-war-ii, imdb.jewish, imdb.melodrama, imdb.world-war-two, imdb.holocaust, imdb.based-on-novel + 139 more, imdb.german, imdb.man-wears-a-swimsuit, imdb.woman-slaps-a-man, imdb.title-same-as-book, imdb.literature-on-screen, imdb.european-literature-on-screen, imdb.czech-literature-on-screen, imdb.20th-century-literature-on-screen, imdb.nazi-occupied-czech-republic, imdb.1950s-literature-on-screen, imdb.riding-a-bicycle, imdb.death-by-gunshot, imdb.throttling, imdb.hysterical-outburst, imdb.female-antagonist, imdb.reference-to-jozef-gabcik, imdb.reference-to-jan-kubis, imdb.father-in-law-daughter-in-law-relationship, imdb.lie, imdb.missing-dog, imdb.shaving, imdb.shave, imdb.razor-shave, imdb.classmate-classmate-relationship, imdb.sunbathing, imdb.bare-chested-male, imdb.tragedy, imdb.schoolteacher, imdb.student, imdb.attic, imdb.interracial-relationship, imdb.shot-to-death, imdb.death, imdb.locked-door, imdb.gunshot, imdb.shooting, imdb.racial-slur, imdb.suspicion, imdb.dead-dog, imdb.killing-a-dog, imdb.execution, imdb.ice-cream, imdb.female-wears-a-swimsuit, tmdb.holocaust-shoah, tmdb.jews-in-hiding, imdb.girl, imdb.young, imdb.teenage-romance, imdb.fantasy-sequence, imdb.fantasy-scene, imdb.seductive-woman, imdb.seductive-behavior, imdb.reference-to-oldrich-novy, imdb.key, imdb.emotional-blackmail, imdb.mother-slaps-her-son, imdb.slapped-in-the-face, imdb.widow, imdb.secret, imdb.doctor, imdb.train-dispatcher, imdb.dispatcher, imdb.farmer, imdb.old-man, imdb.crying, imdb.fear, imdb.school-principal, imdb.headmaster, imdb.alarm-clock, imdb.gestapo, imdb.bechdel-test-passed, imdb.reference-to-karl-hermann-frank, imdb.collaborator, imdb.boyfriend-girlfriend-relationship, imdb.photograph, imdb.reinhard-heydrich-assassination, imdb.high-school, imdb.maths-teacher, imdb.cat, imdb.new-neighbor, imdb.flashlight, imdb.fox-terrier, imdb.inventor, imdb.reference-to-thomas-alva-edison, imdb.reference-to-frantisek-krizik, imdb.reference-to-josef-ressel, imdb.darkroom, imdb.listening-to-a-radio, imdb.grandfather-grandson-relationship, imdb.prague-czechoslovakia, imdb.prague-czech-republic, imdb.hiding-in-the-attic, imdb.seamstress, imdb.german-officer, imdb.ss-officer, imdb.ss, imdb.dog-barks, imdb.dog, imdb.spiral-staircase, imdb.guinea-pig, imdb.nazi-occupied-country, imdb.occupied-country, imdb.little-girl, imdb.town-house, imdb.gallery-building, imdb.neighbor-neighbor-relationship, imdb.teenage-girl, imdb.suitcase, imdb.european-history, imdb.teenage-boy, imdb.czech-history, imdb.czech-german-relations, imdb.protectorate-bohmen-und-mahren, imdb.reference-to-shakespeare-s-romeo-and-juliet, imdb.reference-to-william-shakespeare, imdb.female-name-in-title, imdb.male-name-in-title, imdb.name-in-title, imdb.jew, imdb.year-1942, imdb.falling-in-love, imdb.railwayman, imdb.mother-son-relationship, imdb.persecution, imdb.nazi, imdb.hiding-place, imdb.death-of-friend, imdb.1940s, imdb.teenager, imdb.europe, imdb.coming-of-age, imdb.period-drama, imdb.teen-drama, imdb.central-european-history, imdb.czech-character-played-by-slovak-actor, imdb.20th-century, imdb.coming-of-age-drama, imdb.slovak-actor-playing-czech-character, imdb.central-europe

Production Companies: Filmové studio Barrandov

Country: Czechoslovakia
Production Country: Czechoslovakia
Languages: Czech

Stremio
73
17
7.5
/490/
62
/14/
60
/21/
3.6
/438/
100
/5/
92 min
April 15, 1960
Released
NR