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Czech Republic, Poland, Israel, 2012, 106 min. Czech, Polish, German with subtitles In the spring of 1953, in communist Czechoslovakia, police captain Hakl investigates a jewelry robbery. An opened safe deposit box leads to a known burglar. What seems an easy case soon becomes a tangle of hidden motives and complications for the Jewish community. When he is called off the case, he continues on his own sensing the state security charges against the Jewish community may not be true. The investigation leads him onto thin ice The film “intriguingly brings a film-noir sensibility to a time of great political tension, in much the same way Warner Bros. created socially conscious Hollywood entertainments in the 1930s and 1940s.” Variety. “A sleek, gorgeously old-fashioned noir that is stylish, yet clean and controlled… recalls the Coen Brother’s masterful ‘Miller’s Crossing. ‘ ” Indiewire “A scathing, expertly directed political commentary.” The Hollywood Reporter. The Official submission of Czech Republic for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2013 Academy Awards.
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