Shadow of the Deceased

Name: Shadow of the Deceased
Director: Milan Cieslar
Genre: Drama, War
Released: 2005-03-10
Duration: 2 h 6 min
Rating: 4.75
Cast: Václav Jiráček, Vilma Cibulková, Ester Geislerová, Jiří Lábus, Martin Huba

2005

2h 6m

Drama War

Director: Milan Cieslar

Writer: Vladimír Körner

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Overview

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.