UW Cinematheque - New Restorations
Distant Journey (Daleka Cesta) | Czechoslovakia | 1949 | DCP | 103 min. | Czech and German with English subtitles Director: Alfréd Radok
Event Details
Date
Saturday, October 9, 2021
Time
7 p.m.
Location
4070 Vilas Hall
Description
Cast: Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejča, Viktor Ocásek
One of the first films to confront the horrors of the Holocaust remains one of the most powerful. Distant Journey draws from director and Holocaust survivor Alfréd Radok’s own experiences to tell the story of a Czechoslovak Jewish family—including a young doctor and her gentile husband—whose lives are torn apart by the terrors of the Nazi occupation, leading them inexorably to a grim fight for survival in a concentration camp.
One of the first films to confront the horrors of the Holocaust remains one of the most powerful. Distant Journey draws from director and Holocaust survivor Alfréd Radok’s own experiences to tell the story of a Czechoslovak Jewish family—including a young doctor and her gentile husband—whose lives are torn apart by the terrors of the Nazi occupation, leading them inexorably to a grim fight for survival in a concentration camp.
Cost
Free
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