Frequently Bought Together
What Other Items Do Customers Buy After Viewing This Item?
Product details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Reviews
Product Description
Romeo, Juliet and Darkness is a love story, a wartime thriller and a social commentary. Set during the Nazi occupation of Prague it tells the story of a male student who shelters a Jewish girl. He is her only link to the outside world and over time their relationship grows. Wonderfully shot in beautiful black and white photography the film examines the consequences of a young man's act of compassion in the face of the Nazi occupation. Weiss perfectly captures the fear of living under such conditions. This will be the first time this film has been made available on DVD.
Product Description
United Kingdom released, PAL/Region 0 DVD: LANGUAGES: Czech ( Mono ), English ( Subtitles ), SPECIAL FEATURES: Black & White, Interactive Menu, Photo Gallery, Scene Access, SYNOPSIS: A young man shelters a fugitive Jewish girl in the attic of his apartment building during the brutal 1942 Nazi occupation of Prague, becoming her only link to the outside world. Fear, anxiety and suspicion soon turn into gratitude and love between them. A poetic and beautifully-filmed drama which examines the consequences of their actions. Ji?í Weiss was a leading figure in post-war Czechoslovak cinema. Fleeing his homeland during the 1968 Soviet invasion, he settled in the USA and died there in 2004. This is the first ever DVD release of the film anywhere in the world. ...Romeo, Juliet and Darkness ( Romeo, Julia a tma ) ( Sweet Light in a Dark Room )
Customer Reviews
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
7 of 7 people found the following review helpful
By Max Fournier
Format:DVD
This is a little known, yet greatly moving 1960 film by Czech director Jiri Weiss.
It could be called a chamber piece as its strength lies in its simplicity and focus on the two central characters, Pavel and Hanka. Set almost entirely in a Prague housing block in 1942 during the German occupation, Pavel hides the Jewish girl Hanka in the attic, as she is about to be deported. A brief love story develops between the two, although the glimmer of hope that they experience is soon extinguished by brutal reality. The focus is fully on the two main characters, but the neighbours and Pavels family and schoolfriends play strong supporting parts.
Even though the appearances of the Nazi occupiers are kept to a minimum, the threat is omnipresent. The opening sequence of a single Jewish family packing up their belongings and walking up an empty Prague street to be deported in full day-light is incredibly striking and affecting.
Beautifully photographed on location with engaging actors, this film is greatly recommended.
Second Run should be congratulated in bringing to DVD films which have seldom, if ever been seen.
It could be called a chamber piece as its strength lies in its simplicity and focus on the two central characters, Pavel and Hanka. Set almost entirely in a Prague housing block in 1942 during the German occupation, Pavel hides the Jewish girl Hanka in the attic, as she is about to be deported. A brief love story develops between the two, although the glimmer of hope that they experience is soon extinguished by brutal reality. The focus is fully on the two main characters, but the neighbours and Pavels family and schoolfriends play strong supporting parts.
Even though the appearances of the Nazi occupiers are kept to a minimum, the threat is omnipresent. The opening sequence of a single Jewish family packing up their belongings and walking up an empty Prague street to be deported in full day-light is incredibly striking and affecting.
Beautifully photographed on location with engaging actors, this film is greatly recommended.
Second Run should be congratulated in bringing to DVD films which have seldom, if ever been seen.
1 of 24 people found the following review helpful
Format:DVD
Stagy wooden acting,every emotion well telegraphed,uninspired direction and boringly slow,fell asleep halfway through so may have missed the best of it but dont think so.
Most Helpful Customer Reviews on Amazon.com (beta)
Amazon.com:
4.0 out of 5 stars
1 review
7 of 8 people found the following review helpful
4.0 out of 5 stars
great little-seen holocaust film
4 April 2001
By Kristopher Kincaid
- Published on Amazon.com
"romeo, juliet and darkness," jiri weiss' story of a young man in prague who hides a jewish girl during the war is a moving and ultimately harrowing film that spares us the excesses of steven spielberg's "schindler's list." prior to "schindler" several amazing films about the holocaust were made in eastern europe though unfortunately the tendency today is to see spielberg's film, because it's a big-budget hollywood picture, as the ONLY film ever made on the subject. weiss lacks spielberg's sentimentality and his sermonizing and his film is the stronger of the two for it. although "schindler" was amazing and powerful in many ways it isn't the definitive statement on the subject and, unfortunately and through no outright fault of its own perhaps, it has eclipsed several outstanding films simply because it's not subtitled.
›
Go to Amazon.com to see the review
4.0 out of 5 stars
Was this review helpful?
Let us know
Customer Discussions
|
This product's forum
Active discussions in related forums
Search Customer Discussions
|
Related forums
|
Listmania!
Look for similar items by category
Feedback
- Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
