Romeo, Juliet and the Dark - DVD

In May 1942, in an abandoned apartment, student Pavel Rumler meets a Jewish girl named Hanka, who has missed her relatives who have gone to the transport. He hides the girl in the attic and secretly brings her food. This secret threatens the lives of the entire family and neighbours, especially in the aftermath of the assassination of Heydrich. The fate of the two young people who have just fallen in love is sealed by the martial law that has just been declared.
In 1960 Jiří Weiss won the VIII. IFF San Sebastián in Spain won the main prize (Golden Shell) for direction, in the same year Jiří Weiss and Jan Otčenášek won the prize for best screenplay at the IV. IFF San Francisco in the USA, and the film won various awards in Italy, the UK and Mexico.