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Based on a story by Ladislav Mnacko, this short film follows a Slovak civilian as he walks around a WWII cemetery for German soldiers on a hillside in Slovakia. The civilian wonders who the soldiers were and why they committed such terrible atrocities. These thoughts are accompanied by many stills depicting some of these atrocities, as well as of German soldiers at leisure and on the battlefield. | Content warning: contains distressing images of dead bodies, executions, and the Holocaust.
Credits
Ivan Balada (director)
Complete catalog record
Original source: AMDigital Reference: N-507085 | Film format: 16mm Comb BW pos | Contributors: Balada; Gold; Sajmovic; Galik; Moucha; Gombikova; Muller; Hajdusek; Sedlak; Kazda; Strihavka; Kovar; Sobr; Krob; Šust, Jiří (1919-1995); Cajthaml, Karel; Plotena; Radimsky; Sajmovic. | Production Company: Czechoslovak Army Films. | Reproduction of: Czechoslovakia, 1963. 16mm Comb BW pos. | The British Film Institute
Original production: [Czechoslovakia] : Czechoslovak Army Films, 1963.
Physical description: 1 online resource (1 video file (22 minutes, 55 seconds)) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Germany Heer -- Military life -- History -- 20th century | Soldiers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | War cemeteries -- Slovakia | World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Slovakia
Original production: [Czechoslovakia] : Czechoslovak Army Films, 1963.
Physical description: 1 online resource (1 video file (22 minutes, 55 seconds)) : sound, black and white.
Subjects: Germany Heer -- Military life -- History -- 20th century | Soldiers -- Germany -- History -- 20th century | War cemeteries -- Slovakia | World War, 1939-1945 -- Casualties -- Slovakia
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Sources
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Record added 2026-11-08 20:56:08