And Give My Love to the Swallows (1972)
Overview
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova (played by Magda Vasaryova), is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them. Told with simple dignity, this film makes clear why Maruska became a national hero.
Cast
Magda Vášáryová
Maruška Kudeříková
Július Vašek
Father
Václav Helšus
Dagmar Bláhová
Julinka
Hana Pastejříková
Jarka
Hana Maciuchová
Jana Andresíková
Valerie Kaplanová
Dušan Blaškovič
Ladislav Mrkvička
Vítězslav Jandák
Jiří Zahajský
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