The Bells Toll for the Barefooted
A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.
- Year: 1965
- Country: Czechoslovakia
- Genre: Drama, War
- Studio: Československý film Bratislava
- Keyword: world war ii, bell
- Director: Stanislav Barabáš
- Cast: Vlado Müller, Ivan Rajniak, Axel Dietrich, Ewa Krzyżewska, Radovan Lukavský, Jozef Sorok