Thunder in the Hills (Czech: V horách duní) is a 1946 Czech war drama film directed by Václav Kubásek and Josef Mach and starring Jaroslav Průcha, Marie Vásová and Miroslav Homola. It was shot at the Barrandov and Radlice Studios in Prague and on location around Brno and Svratka. The film's sets were designed by the art directors Štěpán Kopecký and Alois Mecera.

Thunder in the Hills
Directed byVáclav Kubásek
Josef Mach
Written byFrantišek Gotz
Josef Mach
Produced byOtakar Sedláček
StarringJaroslav Průcha
Marie Vásová
Miroslav Homola
CinematographyJosef Střecha
Edited byJosef Dobřichovský
Music byDalibor C. Vačkář
Production
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Československá filmová společnost
Distributed byStátní půjčovna filmu
Release date
  • 16 April 1946 (1946-04-16)
Running time
79 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

Synopsis

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During the Second World War, Czech resistance fighters in a village shelter a downed RAF pilot from the German occupiers. However they begin to fear that they have an informer in their midst.

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Bibliography

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  • Karl, Lars & Skopal, Pavel. Cinema in Service of the State: Perspectives on Film Culture in the GDR and Czechoslovakia, 1945–1960. Berghahn Books, 2015. p. 248.
  • Wohl, Eugen & Păcurar, Elena. Language of the Revolution: The Discourse of Anti-Communist Movements in the "Eastern Bloc" Countries: Case Studies. Springer Nature, 2023. p. 348.
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