The Bells Toll for the Barefooted

A dramatic story from the end of WW II and a remarkable contemplation of the value of true friendship, meaning and purpose oflife or the possibility to be humane even in inhuma ne conditions. In a frosty mountain setting a cruel struggle for life takes place. After a fight, two partisans return to their brigade carrying along a young German soldier as a captive. But suddenly, amidst the hopelessness of barren mountains. all protagonists find themselves in a liminal existential situation.

• Release date
• September 4, 1965
• Runtime
• 96 min
• Genres
• Drama, War
• Director
• Stanislav Barabáš

Cast

Vlado Müller Ondrej Ivan Rajniak Stašek

A

Axel Dietrich Captive Hans Joachim Gruber Ewa Krzyżewska Verona Radovan Lukavský German Lieutenant

J

Jozef Sorok German Lieutenant Werner

P

Pavol Benca

H

Hans Brückner