Movielogr
And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Directed by Jaromil Jireš
Overview
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
Length 86 minutes
Actors
Magda Vášáryová | Viera Strnisková | Július Vašek | Václav Helšus | Dagmar Bláhová | Hana Pastejříková | Hana Maciuchová | Jana Andresíková | Alžběta Frejková | Zora Rozsypalová | Valérie Kaplanová | Gisela Fojtú | Jozef Cierny | Dušan Blaškovič | Leos Kaltofen | Ladislav Mrkvička | Vítězslav Jandák | Jiří Zahajský | Jan Ekl | Milos Bílek | Miroslav Kolář | Zdeněk Kampf | Helena Nováčková | Eva Jiroušková | Daniela Šrajerová | Milica Kolofiková | Jirí Prýmek | Otto Ševčík | Karel Šebesta | Miroslav Moravec | Jindřich Narenta | Eduard Rzimek | Václav Špidla | Anna Ferencová | Ilona Kubásková | Ladislav Trojan | Miroslava Hozová | Jana Dolanská | Zdeněk Srstka | Otakar Rademacher | Karel Sekera | Karel Engel | Emil Lenz | Jiří Ptáčník | Alois Mottl | Eduard Pavlíček | Ferdinand Šnajberk | Jan Rott | Milena Sajdkova | Zuzana Talpová | Josef Skrčený | Luděk Svoboda | H. Staub | Lubomír Polách | R. Tesař