Shadow of The Deceased

– The nurse Helga meets Baltic nobleman Arno when he's wounded in the Russo-Finnish war. They have a s..

Type:
Movie
Rating:
6.40 / 10
Duration:
2 Hours and 13 Minutes
Release Year:
2005
Original Name:
Krev zmizelého
Shadow of The Deceased
Shadow of the Deceased (2005) - Also known as Krev zmizelého

The nurse Helga meets Baltic nobleman Arno when he's wounded in the Russo-Finnish war. They have a short but passionate affair before Arno is called back to the front and dies. Helga has a daughter, Dorli, as a result of the affair and they have to struggle to survive after the Red Army wins the war.

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Shadow of the Deceased (2005) - Trailer

Release Date:

10 Mar 2005

Language:

Czech, German, Polish, French

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Plot:

An intimate ballad following the lives of a mother and daughter who go through topsy-turvy historical times. The plot is divided into four seasons set between 1939 and 1961. A Czech woman named Helga works at a German hospital. Out of her love for a Baltic nobleman named Arno, a volunteer in the Finnish War, her daughter Dorli is born. But Arno commits suicide and after the war is over mother and daughter must bear the victors' revenge alone - Helga is humiliated and expelled from her native region. Mother and daughter survive thanks only to the aid of the Jewish head doctor of the hospital. Years later Arno's body is exhumed and Dorli, who has always felt close to him, wants to trace her father's roots. She and a Greek boy try to escape but Communist repression spoils their plans. In order to protect her daughter, Helga puts herself at the mercy of a secret police torturer.

Awards:

1 nomination.

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Internet Movie Database:
6.2/10

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