Dark Blue World

Dark Blue World Czech Tmavomodr svt is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svrk, the Academy Awardwinning director of Kolya, about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force RAF during the Second World War. The screenplay was written by Zdenk Svrk, the directors father. The film stars Czech actors Ondej Vetch, Krytof Hdek and Oldich Kaiser. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey.

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. Karel also sees the compulsory English language lessons as a pointless waste of his time.The RAF is in such a dire need of pilots during the Battle of Britain that eventually the Czech and Slovak airmen are allowed to fly, and 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. Franta becomes the unit commander, with the younger Karel under his charge. ........

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