Tobruk (2008 film)

Tobruk
Directed by Václav Marhoul
Produced by Václav Marhoul
Screenplay by Václav Marhoul
Starring Jan Meduna
Petr Vanek
Distributed by High Fliers
Running time 100 minutes
Country Czech Republic
Slovakia
Language Czech
Slovak

Tobruk is a 2008 film written and directed by Václav Marhoul and starring Jan Meduna and Petr Vanek. It is an adaptation of the classic American Civil War novel The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane. It transfers the action to North Africa during the Second World War.

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Plot

It is the story of Jiří and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans, during World War II in Tobruk, Libya. Jiří Pospichal, eighteen years old, signs up as a volunteer in the Czechoslovak army. His naive ideas about heroism are rawly confronted with the hell of the African desert, complicated relationships in his unit and the ubiquitous threat of death. All this takes its cruel toll in the shape of his gradual loss of self respect and courage.

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Awards and nominations

The film was nominated for eight Crystal Lions at the 2009 Czech Lion Ceremony. It won best cinematography (Vladimir Smutny), best score (Richard Horowitz and Sussan Deyhim) and best sound (Pavel Rejholec and Jakub Cech).

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