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Adelheid

Adelheid

1970 · 104 min · CS · 6.9 (24 votes)
Dir. František Vláčil · Starring Petr Čepek, Emma Černá, Jan Vostrčil, Pavel Landovský, Jana Krupičková, Lubomír Tlalka · Music Zdeněk Liška
DramaRomance

In the aftermath of World War II, a soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family and falls in love with the daughter, now a maid. Their relationship forces him to confront the tension between his love and his conscience.

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A hauntingly beautiful, slow-burn romance set against the somber backdrop of post-war Europe. It's a deeply introspective film about love and conscience, wrapped in a melancholic, almost ethereal atmosphere.

melancholicsomberromanticintrospectiveslow-burnperiod dramaarthousehistoricalloveguiltpost-war traumaforbidden romance
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based on novel or booklocomotiveczechoslovakiacomebackforestgerman occupationpost warmilitaryold mansiondemographic movementsinscribed crossminefieldschoral music
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