Summary
Tales about child protagonists play an important role in the filmography of director Jiří Hanibal. This is certainly the case in Levé křídlo (The Left Wing), a drama that takes place at the close of the second world war. The heroes are adolescent children who hide a young Frenchman from the Nazis. Although Paul manages to escape from the German transports, he does not speak Czech. Of course, sports can also become a means of communication. A coincidence forces the escapee to play in a soccer match in which the Czechs symbolically clash with Wehrmacht soldiers. The film stars the then 18-year-old Filip Renč, a popular child actor in the 1970s. Other young actors include Pavel Kříž and Lucie Zedníčková.
Read more
