Death Is Called Engelchen

Death Is Called Engelchen
Death Is Called Engelchen
	Film poster
Directed by	Ján Kadár; Elmar Klos
Written by	Miloš Faber
Starring	Jan Kačer
Cinematography	Rudolf Milič
Music by	Zdeněk Liška
Distributed by	Ústřední půjčovna filmů; Kouzlo Films Společnost
Release date	3 May 1963;
Running time	129 minutes
Country	Czechoslovakia
Language	Czech

Death Is Called Engelchen (Slovak: Smrt sa volá Engelchen) is a 1963 Czechoslovak war film directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize.^[2]

Plot

At the end of the Second World War, Zlín is liberated by the advancing Soviet army. A young Czechoslovak partisan named Pavel was injured in a gunfight with Germans and lies in hospital. He is paralyzed and while recovering, he spends his days by lying on his back. He recalls memories from his life during the war - his experience as a resistance fighter, his comrades, his fights with Germans in Slovak mountains and his love, Marta, who acted as a spy for the resistance. He also remembers Engelchen, an SS Sturmbannführer who was responsible for death of many Pavel's friends and for the massacre of two mountain villages. Marta comes to visit Pavel in the hospital to say goodbye. Her work as a spy has made her look like a German collaborator to some and it has earned her hate. After some time, Pavel recovers and leaves the hospital to find Engelchen.

Cast

Jan Kačer as Pavel
Eva Poláková as Marta
Martin Růžek as Doktor
Blažena Holišová as Schwester Alžběta
Otto Lackovič as Ondra
Norbert Chotas as Engelchen

References

^ "Smrt si říká Engelchen (1963)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2020.
^ "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

External links

Death Is Called Engelchen at IMDb

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[Smrt_si_říká_Engelchen_(1963)_–_Filmový_přehled-1] "Smrt si říká Engelchen (1963)". Filmový přehled (in Czech). Retrieved 9 June 2020.

[Moscow1963-2] "3rd Moscow International Film Festival (1963)". MIFF. Archived from the original on 16 January 2013. Retrieved 1 December 2012.

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