A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova (Czech: Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou) is a 1965 Czech television film about a young Jewish woman during World War II. It is based on Arnošt Lustig's novel of the same name.[1]

A Prayer for Katerina Horovitzova
Directed byAntonín Moskalyk
Written byArnošt Lustig
Vladislav Čejchan
StarringJiří Adamíra
Martin Růžek
Lenka Fišerová
CinematographyJiří Kadaňka
Edited byJan Chaloupek
Music byLuboš Fišer
Release date
  • 1965 (1965)
Running time
67 minutes
CountryCzechoslovakia
LanguageCzech

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It is an adaptation of Arnošt Lustig's short novel first published in 1964. Lustig's novel is inspired by two real stories, one about American Jewish businessmen captured in Europe and the other one about Franceska Mann.[1][2]

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In 1943 a young Jewish woman Kateřina Horovitzová is placed in a group of wealthy Jewish men who bribe the Nazis in order to be exchanged to USA for captured SS officers.[2]

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References edit

  1. ^ a b "Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou". csfd.cz (in Czech).
  2. ^ a b Kristýna Oslzlová (25 December 2011). "Modlitba pro Kateřinu Horovitzovou". 25fps.cz (in Czech).

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