Dark Blue World Released

Public 16.05.2001 in category Press News / miscellaneous

On 16 May, the long-awaited film by the makers of the Oscar-winning Kolya - ZdenA?k and Jan SvA?rak called Dark Blue World (Tmavomodry svA?t) was released in Prague cinemas. The story of Czechoslovak RAF pilots was coming to existence with RadioMobils support for nearly two years. Names of the makers as well as main protagonists, whether the famous (OndL?ej Vetchy, OldL?ich Kaiser, Linda Rybova or Miroslav Taborsky) or the new ones (Krystof Hadek) had promised an extraordinary experience beforehand.

1950. Frantisek Slama, former pilot and war hero, is now the peoples enemy. Once an elite RAF fighter pilot is now kept in a political prison where he has to fight pneumonia instead of the German Luftwaffe. In the prisons sick bay Slama meets two men who, like him, are also serving time because of their past: a former SS-doctor Blaschke and sign writer Vilda Houf listen to Slamas story of courage, friendship, love and treason. Everything began with the occupation of Czechoslovakia in 1939, as Frantisek Slama decided to leave his girlfriend HaniATka and his country to defend his motherland as a military fighter pilot. His pupil, the young, hot-headed man and talented pilot Karel Vojtisek joined Slama on his way to Britain. In the foreign country with a different language and habits Franta and Karel became best friends.

Serving in the Royal Air Force meant risking ones life every day, and in spite of that the Czechoslovak pilots could not wait to take off against the enemy. When they finally did, the death started to choose among them. At that time also Slama could hear in his earphones Vojtiseks Spitfire going down to the ground in flames. Yet he still refused to believe that his friend was not coming back from his mission. And Karel did not disappoint him. He jumped down with a parachute and arrived at the airport the following morning, absolutely happy. "I fell down on a woman and fell madly in love with her," the excited Vojtisek told Slama. Frantisek wished him his first true love from the bottom of his heart: he would not have occurred to him that after a fateful encounter with the Englishwoman Susan things would never been the same againa??

Together with the films premiere also the Dark Blue World Endowment Fund line designed to support the Czechoslovak RAF members and their close relatives started working. If you want to make a contribution to the foundation, call 0603 60 70 80, you will hear a message from ZdenA?k SvA?rak and OndL?ej Vetchy and then you will be told the account number to which money can be sent. If you call from your mobile phone, RadioMobil will send you the Endowment Funds bank connection by means of an SMS after the call has ended. RadioMobil, which is the operator of the Endowment Fund line, will donate CZK 5 to the Funds account for each whole message heard. (Calls are charged in the same way as standard calls in the Paegas network.)

RadioMobil is also the general partner of a photograph exhibition featuring film props and special effects which were used in the film. The exhibition can be seen until the end of May in the Galerie bL?i. ASapkLZ in Jugoslavska street, Prague 2.