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Tobruk
Cast & Crew
- Regie
- Produzent
- DrehbuchVáclav Marhoul (based on "Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane)
- Kamera
- Hauptdarsteller/in
Statement Regisseur
There are two types of war films. The first is a filmic record of a given historical event, which reflects that event externally, in formal terms, and tends to disregard the individual destinies of the soldiers involved. The other approach (and the one adopted by this film) is to express the inner feelings of people who have found themselves in a tense situation, the story of an individual, in which history serves solely as the setting for an individual destiny. What is essential for a good war film is the representation of real life not through ideas but by means of specific dramatic action whose effectiveness lies in its raw portrayal of imminent death and the reliving of that extreme situation. The dramatic tension derives not so much from the individual battles but from how they are subjectively experienced and perceived by the protagonists. There is no need for an external plot: fear and the overcoming of fear speak for themselves. Some regard truthful war films as an attack on trumpeted patriotism, whereas in fact they are the only way to truly express those values.Cast & Crew
Václav MarhoulVáclav Marhoul
Václav Marhoul (based on "Red Badge of Courage" by Stephen Crane)
Vladimír Smutný
Jan Meduna (prvate Pospíchal), Petr Vaněk (private Lieberman), Robert Nebřenský (corporal Kohák)
