''Spring of Life'' ( cz, Pramen života) is a 2000 Czech film directed by
Milan Cieslar.
Plot
The film depicts a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II.
Grétka (
Monika Hilmerová) has been selected by the Nazis for the
Lebensborn
Lebensborn e.V. (literally: "Fount of Life") was an SS-initiated, state-supported, registered association in Nazi Germany with the stated goal of increasing the number of children born who met the Nazi standards of "racially pure" and "hea ...
. She falls in love with a Jew, Leo (
Michał Sieczkowski), who has been hiding there.
Cast
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Monika Hilmerová : Grétka
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Michał Sieczkowski: Leo
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Johana Tesarová : Klára
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Vilma Cibulková : Waage
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Karel Dobrý
Karel Dobrý (born 2 May 1969) is a Czechs, Czech film, television and stage actor. He is known for playing Liet-Kynes in the ''Frank Herbert's Dune, Dune'' 2000 miniseries, and Korba (Dune), Korba in the 2003 sequel ''Frank Herbert's Children of ...
: Odillo
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Bronislav Poloczek
Bronislav Poloczek ( pl, Bronisław Poloczek) (7 August 1939 – 16 March 2012) was a Polish-Czech theatre and television actor.
Poloczek was born in Horní Suchá (Sucha Górna). He was best known for his appearances with the Prague National Th ...
: Kasuba
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Josef Somr
Josef Somr (14 April 1934 – 16 October 2022) was a Czech actor. He was noted for starring in the Oscar-winning 1966 film ''Closely Watched Trains'', as well as in '' The Joke''.
Early life
Somr was born in Vracov, Czechoslovakia, on 14 Apri ...
: Teacher
External links
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2000 films
2000 drama films
Czech drama films
Films about race and ethnicity
Nazi eugenics
Films about Nazi Germany
Czech war drama films
Czech World War II films
2000s Czech films
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