Dark Blue World (2001)
Lt. Franta Slama is a top pilot in the Czech Air Force who is assigned to train a promising young flier, Karel Vojtisek, and they soon become friends. When Nazi Germany invades Czechoslovakia in 1939, they both reject the authority of their new leaders and escape to England where they join other Czech exiles in the RAF. While flying a mission over England, Karel crash lands and happens upon the farmhouse of Susan, a young woman whose husband is in the Navy. Karel soon falls head over heels for Susan but, while they enjoy a brief fling, in time Susan decides she prefers the company of the older and more worldly Franta. As Franta and Karel struggle to maintain their friendship despite their romantic rivalry.
Directors: Jan Svěrák
Casts: Ondřej Vetchý as František Sláma, Kryštof Hádek as Karel Vojtíšek, Tara Fitzgerald as Susan Whitmore, Oldřich Kaiser as Jan Machatý, Linda Rybová as Hanička Pecharová, David Novotný as Bedřich Mrtvý, Charles Dance as Wing Commander Bentley, Jaromír Dulava as Railwayman Kaňka, Lukáš Kantor as Tamtam, Juraj Bernáth as Jan Gregora, Miroslav Táborský as Vilda Houf, Hans-Jörg Assmann as Doctor Blaschke, Anna Massey as English Teacher, Thure Riefenstein as German Officer Hesse, Viktor Preiss as Major Skokan, John Warnaby as RAF Instructor, Petr Burian as Vrba Vlastik, Jeremy Swift as Cpl. Pierce, Sophie Wilcox as WAAF Jane, Charlotte Fairman as WAAF Sally, Caroline Holdaway as Mrs. Brett, Daniela Kolářová as matka Haničky
