Romeo, Juliet And Darkness

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A personal and poetic film set in Prague, 1942, where a young man hides a fugitive Jewish girl in the attic of his apartment building, becoming her only link to the outside world. Fear, anxiety and suspicion soon turn into gratitude and love, but their relationship is threatened when the man's mother discovers their secret.

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Digitally remastered with restored image and sound; New and improved English subtitle translation; Image gallery.

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Article - "noise and silence and smoke and stars: Romeo, Juliet and Darkness " by Graeme Hobbs
Wednesday 14th March 2007

Jiří Weiss’s Romeo, Juliet and Darkness, 1960

Prague, 1942. A Jewish family, the Würms, are forced to leave their courtyard apartment building to go to the transport. As they leave, the son asks Pavel, a fellow lodger, to look after his guinea pig. When...  View article in full

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