
A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czech Republic (then Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia). When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.... (Full plot summary below)
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A nurse and her surgeon-lover are part of a resistance movement in 1940s Czech Republic (then Protectorate Bohemia and Moravia). When they are discovered, her lover flees and she must find a place to hide. A patient whose life she saved, a man from a remote mountain village where time stopped 150 years ago, agrees to hide her as his wife.
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| Arkansas Democrat-GazettePhilip Martin...may seem long and solemn to those used to the pacy rhythms of Hollywood films, but the sense of ennui it occasionally evokes strengthens its grip |
| Commercial Appeal (Memphis, TN)John BeifussIt captures a time and a place and a people with a convincing, accumulating force that proves extremely moving. |
| Salt Lake TribuneSean P. MeansWhen it should be building toward something stirring, Zelary instead meanders like the sheep grazing on the nearby hillsides. |
| Seattle TimesTom Keogh[Resembles] something like Dr. Quinn, Medicine Woman. |
| Washington PostDesson ThomsonFor fans of old-fashioned European filmmaking, this may have its pleasing qualities. |
| San Francisco ChronicleRuthe SteinA well-deserved 2003 Oscar nominee for best foreign-language film. |
| Christian Science MonitorDavid SterrittWell acted, handsomely photographed, a bit too long. |
| Newark Star-LedgerLisa RoseThe film is marred by poorly constructed supporting characters and disorienting subplots that burst in out of nowhere. |
| Boxoffice MagazineSusan GreenThe picture employs an epic sweep in recounting the intimate experiences of a woman caught up by terrible wartime disruption. |
| Spirituality and PracticeFrederic and Mary Ann BrussatThis Czech film set during World War II is carried by a stellar performance by Ana Geislerova as a resilient woman who changes her entire life in order to survive. |