Iluminace 2014, 26(3):59-65

"People Expect a Much Larger Tragedy". The Fate of the Film Stock from the Annihilation of Lidice

Lucie Česálková

The article deals with the post-war fate of the film documentation of the extermination of Lidice, the efforts to present it in the prepared and unrealised documentary film by director František Sádek and the reasons why the film was not completed. The content of the print of František Sádek's preparatory film Lidice, a Czech village and examples of realised films with Lidice themes.

Keywords: World War II, fascism in film, historical events in film, documentary film, unrealised scripts, film projects, archival footage, Lidice (Czech Republic)

Published: September 1, 2014  Show citation

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Česálková, L. (2014). "People Expect a Much Larger Tragedy". The Fate of the Film Stock from the Annihilation of Lidice. Iluminace26(3), 59-65
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