Alois Nebel (2011)
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Miroslav Krobot, Karel Roden, Marie Ludvíková, Alois Švehlík, Leoš Noha, David Švehlík
A railway stationmaster in 1989 encounters a mute stranger and is drawn toward a buried past.
The story
In the Hrubý Jeseník Mountains in 1989, Alois Nebel works as a stationmaster at Bílý Potok railway station, near the Polish border. His routine is disrupted when a mute stranger appears unexpectedly. The encounter mysteriously confronts Nebel with his own past and with a murder committed after the Second World War. Set against the history of the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and the country's response to that upheaval, the film follows the unsettling impact of this encounter on Nebel.
Full plot (contains spoilers)
The Hrubý Jeseník Mountains in 1989: Alois Nebel works as a stationmaster at Bílý Potok (Weißbach) railway station, not far from the border with Poland. One day, he encounters a mute stranger who seems to appear out of nowhere. Suddenly, Nebel finds himself mysteriously confronted with his own past and a murder committed after the end of the Second World War. In a very understated way and in black-and-white, the film explores the expulsion of Germans from Czechoslovakia and how the country dealt with it.
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