...And Give My Love to the Swallows

Directed by Jaromil Jireš

Written by Jaromil Jireš, Marie Kudeříková, Jaromil Jireš, Zora Beráková, Zdeněk Dufek

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

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Viera Strnisková

Mother

Július Vašek

Father

Václav Helšus

Dagmar Bláhová

Julinka

Hana Pastejříková

Jarka

Hana Maciuchová

Jana Andresíková

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Alžběta Frejková

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Zora Rozsypalová

Valerie Kaplanová

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