Brilliantly directed and sublimely acted." Animator Hayao Miyazaki said that this is his favourite film, as it shows the speed and fragility of aircraft and the historic tragedy of the Czech pilots after the war. Rex Reed described the film in The New York Observer as an "epic that blends action, romance and tragedy. and Europe at major international film festivals in London and Toronto, to generally positive reviews, making it one of the most popular aviation war films made. Director Jan Svěrák played a number of roles, including practically all the crew members of an Allied North American B-25 Mitchell bomber in the scene where a damaged bomber is escorted.ĭark Blue World opened in both the U.S. Brief scenes from the 1990 film Memphis Belle were also incorporated. The scene of a train being attacked was the most expensive scene in Czech cinema history, costing more than the entire film Kolya. ĭogfight footage from the 1969 film Battle of Britain was seamlessly integrated with contemporary film footage using computer imagery and mastering to create the aerial sequences due to the prohibitively expensive cost ($10,000 per hour) of renting a real Spitfire. Principal photography for the film involved a large number of locations: Hradčany Airport, Czech Republic, Dover, England, Germany and South Africa. Production A combination of computer imagery and full-scale aircraft was used for the aerial sequences. In prison, he only has his memories of his friendship with Karel to sustain him. All the disappointed Franta can do is endure the situation as stoically as he can. Franta returns to Czechoslovakia and finds his old girlfriend has married the neighbourhood jobsworth, has given birth to a child, and has taken over Barča, his dog. Knowing he has no future with Susan and wanting to preserve her honour, he pretends to have lost his way and asks directions to the next town. The raft emerges from the water, allowing Franta to survive.Īfterward, when the war is over, Franta drives to Susan's home, only to find her with her injured husband recently returned from fighting overseas. His life raft bursts as he tries to inflate it, so Karel tries to drop his own raft, but he flies too low and fatally crashes. Later in the war, while escorting American bombers, Franta's Spitfire malfunctions and he is forced to ditch into the ocean. Soon after, however, Karel learns a sort of love triangle has developed, with Susan being involved with Franta, which leads to a quarrel between the two friends. The latter begins to get attracted to Susan, although Karel believes that Susan is interested in him.įollowing a mission to France where the squadron attacks a train, Karel is shot down, but Franta lands and rescues him, a move that shows that their friendship endures. The next day, after returning to the aerodrome, Karel brings Franta to meet Susan. There he meets and falls in love with Susan (Tara Fitzgerald), although she thinks he is far too young. However, he manages to survive and find his way to a farm. While shooting down a Heinkel He 111 bomber, Karel's Spitfire fighter aircraft is shot down. Franta becomes the unit commander, with the younger Karel under his charge. After their first sortie they realise why the British have trained them so intensely: a young Czechoslovak nicknamed "Tom Tom" is shot down by a Messerschmitt Bf 109 and killed. The RAF is in such a dire need of pilots during the Battle of Britain that eventually the Czechoslovak airmen are allowed to fly. Karel also sees the compulsory English language lessons as a pointless waste of his time. The British make the Czechoslovaks retrain from the basics, which infuriates them, especially Karel, who is both impatient to fight the Germans and humiliated at being retaught what he already knows. However, Franta and his young friend Karel Vojtíšek (Kryštof Hádek), among others, refuse to submit to their occupiers and flee to the United Kingdom to join the RAF. After the invasion, the Czechoslovak Army is disbanded and its Air Force has to surrender its aircraft. His recollections of the war begin in 1939, just days prior to the German invasion of Czechoslovakia. In 1950, during the Cold War, František (Franta) Sláma (Ondřej Vetchý) is incarcerated in Czechoslovakia, because of his prior service in the RAF. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey. The film stars Czech actors Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek and Oldřich Kaiser. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the director's father. Dark Blue World ( Czech: Tmavomodrý svět) is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, the Academy Award-winning director of Kolya, about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War.
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