Anna, a Journey from the Sudetenland

A story of love, courage, and loss that reveals the fragility of human dreams in a time when the world is changing irreversibly.

Anna Lesná is coming of age in a world that is undergoing dramatic change. From a girl scarred by the war years in the Sudetenland, she becomes a young woman who, despite her German origins, tries to forge her own future. But a new threat inexorably creeps into her life and the lives of those close to her – the rise of communism. Compulsory work brigades, pressure to join the Party, whispers of political trials and death sentences. Every step could be a fatal one. And yet, Anna refuses to back down and give up on her dreams; she yearns to study at a ceramics school, pass her final exams, and find love. Against the backdrop of a changing society, other fates unfold – Lída Čechová experiences deep feelings for Miroslav, an engineering student who makes no secret of his opposition to the emerging regime. However, a single act is all it takes for his life to fall into the hands of a power that does not forgive.