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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.
Death Is Called Engelchen (Slovak: Smrt sa volá Engelchen) is a 1963 Czechoslovak war film directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos.
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The war is ending. The Red Army is about to occupy the local town. Volodia and his fellow partisans are trying to clear out the last remaining German soldiers. Things look quiet so Volodia, covered by his friend and fellow partisan Fred Kubis, dashes across the road.
Death Is Called 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. Pavel is a Czech partisan fighter in the waning days of the war.
Death Is Called Engelchen ★★★½ For We Too Do Not Forgive 1963 An influential, important work of the Czech new wave. A survivor of WWII remembers his experiences with the SS leader Engelchen in a series of flashbacks.
Holding German occupation commander Engelchen responsible for all the horrors and deprivations heaped upon his comrades, Pavel is kept alive by the possibility of recovering and exacting vengeance upon the Nazi officer - no matter how long it takes.
A Czech partisan fighter, Pavel, recalls his resistance against the Nazi occupation and his hatred for Engelchen, the German commander. The film is based on a novel by Ladislav Mňačko and directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos.
