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The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.Read moreLess
The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.
The story
The year is 1943. The war is raging between the Germans and the Allies in North Africa. A truck with a Czech crew, Lieutenant Navara and six soldiers, escapes from the Foreign Legion fortress. Their aim is to reach the Allies and fight against Nazism. The truck is destroyed by a German army plane, which is hit by enemy fire in its turn. One Czech soldier dies in the attack, the driver is badly wounded, and Navara has serious burns on his face. The group has very little water and must reach an oasis that is 60 km away.
Cast & crew
Radoslav Brzobohatýporucík Jan Navara
Štefan KvietikSerzant
Rudolf HrušínskýKaprál 'baron'
Ladislav PotměšilPepin
Jiří KrampolKaiser
Josef BláhaMamina
Wilhelm Koch-HoogeMajor von Lüderitz
Eduard CupákMajor von Lüderitz (voice)
Zdeněk ŘehořBerg
Josef VinklářNowakExplore the crew
- Editor
- Miroslav Hájek
- Screenplay
- Miloslav Fábera
- Director of Photography
- Josef Vaniš
- Director
- Zbyněk Brynych
- Screenplay
- Kamil Pixa
- Original Music Composer
- Jiří Sternwald