A Step Into the Dark
A period drama about a young physician who was forced to carry out execution during the war.Is he a hero or a murder? A young doctor, former partisan leader - is he a hero, or a murderer? His wife - a…
A Step Into the Dark
A period drama about a young physician who was forced to carry out execution during the war.Is he a hero or a murder? A young doctor, former partisan leader - is he a hero, or a murderer? His wife - a victim, or a minion of a totalitarian regime? And his lover - a political careerist, or a naive single mother betrayed by fate? The dramatic fates of these antiheroes from the era of rise of communism are stories of violence and resistance, weakness and courage, much like the ones that take place today. —Miloslav Luther A romantic period drama about the choices people are forced to make to survive in times of political and social terror, A Step Into the Dark, directed by Miloslav Luther, is Slovakia's nomination for the best foreign-language Oscar category. Set during and after World War II, it focuses on the emotional and spiritual damage done to a young physician who was forced to execute innocent people. Spurring offers of prestigious jobs in postwar communist central Europe, the doctor (Marko Igonda) embarks on a torrid love affair with a married woman as he struggles to come to terms with his past. Miloslav Luther's film opened in the small central European country in June and had its international premiere at Montreal film festival. A romantic period drama about the choices people are forced to make to survive in times of political and social terror, A Step Into the Dark, directed by Miloslav Luther, is Slovakia's nomination for the best foreign-language Oscar category. Set during and after World War II, it focuses on the emotional and spiritual damage done to a young physician who was forced to execute innocent people. Spurring offers of prestigious jobs in postwar communist central Europe, the doctor (Marko Igonda) embarks on a torrid love affair with a married woman as he struggles to come to terms with his past.
A Step Into the Dark
Drama
Film Details
A period drama about a young physician who was forced to carry out execution during the war.Is he a hero or a murder? A young doctor, former partisan leader - is he a hero, or a murderer? His wife - a victim, or a minion of a totalitarian regime? And his lover - a political careerist, or a naive single mother betrayed by fate? The dramatic fates of these antiheroes from the era of rise of communism are stories of violence and resistance, weakness and courage, much like the ones that take place today. —Miloslav Luther A romantic period drama about the choices people are forced to make to survive in times of political and social terror, A Step Into the Dark, directed by Miloslav Luther, is Slovakia's nomination for the best foreign-language Oscar category. Set during and after World War II, it focuses on the emotional and spiritual damage done to a young physician who was forced to execute innocent people.
Spurring offers of prestigious jobs in postwar communist central Europe, the doctor (Marko Igonda) embarks on a torrid love affair with a married woman as he struggles to come to terms with his past. Miloslav Luther's film opened in the small central European country in June and had its international premiere at Montreal film festival. A romantic period drama about the choices people are forced to make to survive in times of political and social terror, A Step Into the Dark, directed by Miloslav Luther, is Slovakia's nomination for the best foreign-language Oscar category.
Set during and after World War II, it focuses on the emotional and spiritual damage done to a young physician who was forced to execute innocent people. Spurring offers of prestigious jobs in postwar communist central Europe, the doctor (Marko Igonda) embarks on a torrid love affair with a married woman as he struggles to come to terms with his past..