29th Ji.hlava International Documentary Film Festival

24. 10.–2. 11. 2025
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Terezín gravediggers
Terezín gravediggers
Terezín gravediggers
Terezín gravediggers

Terezín gravediggers

Olga Strusková / Czech Republic / 2019 / World Premiere / 52 min.


synopsis

This documentary film depicts the events of the Lidice tragedy in the practically unknown story of 30 Terezin prisoners. Until now, the story of Lidice has been recalled mainly through the testimonies of Lidice women, who returned to a plundered and burned home after the Second World War. The murder of Lidice men seemed to have ended their story once and for all. The women had remained silent since that horrific night when their husbands were shot and placed in a mass grave, and would only recall the lives of their husbands through mourning.

more about film

director: Olga Strusková
producer: Martina Šantavá
script: Olga Strusková
photography: Miroslav Hurt, Richard Krivda
editing: Alice Nussbergová
sound: Petr Jurečka

contact

ČESKÁ TELEVIZE
Martina Šantavá
Kavčí Hory
140 70 / Prague 4 / Czech Republic
martina.santava@ceskatelevize.cz
www.ceskatelevize.cz

Film at festival

premiere type:World Premiere
festival edition:2019
section:Czech Television Documentaries
format:Video File
language:Czech
colour:Colour

Info

director:Olga Strusková
original title:Terezínští hrobaři
country:Czech Republic
year:2019
running time:52 min.

Festival partners

Ministerstvo kultury
Fond kinematografie
Město Jihlava
Kraj Vysočina
Creative Europe Media
GEMO
Česká televize
Český rozhlas
Aktuálně.cz
Respekt
Dafilms

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