Biography Cult Classic
AND GIVE MY LOVE TO THE SWALLOWS
This film, chronicling the last days of Czech resistance fighter Maruska Kuderikova, is based on her diaries. Though she was tortured and eventually executed by the Nazis, her diaries indicate that she was optimistic for the humanity of her captors and did not by any means hate them.
Synopsis
The true story of Maruska Kuderikova, a young Moravian girl who joined the Czech Resistance during World War II and was arrested by the Nazis. Kuderikova chronicled her experience as a prisoner in her diary, which Jires transforms into an uplifting tale of sacrifice for the sake of a better future.
