Dark Blue World

Dark Blue World
Australian DVD Cover
Directed byJan Svěrák
Written byZdeněk Svěrák
Produced byEric Abraham
StarringOndřej Vetchý
Kryštof Hádek
Tara Fitzgerald
Oldřich Kaiser
Charles Dance
CinematographyVladimír Smutný
Edited byAlois Fišárek
Music byOndřej Soukup
Distributed byCinemart (Czech Republic)[1]
Sony Pictures Classics (North America, United Kingdom and Australia)[2]
Buena Vista International[2]
Helkon Filmverleih[1] (Germany)
Medusa Distribuzione (Italy)[2][1]
Release dates
  • 17 May 2001 (2001-05-17) (Czech Republic)
  • 13 November 2001 (2001-11-13) (United Kingdom)
Running time
115 minutes
CountriesCzech Republic
United Kingdom
Germany[1]
Italy[1]
LanguagesCzech
English
German
Slovak
Spanish (Spain)
Budget€ 8 million
Box office$2,300,000 (Worldwide)

Dark Blue World (Czech: Tmavomodrý svět) is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Svěrák, the Academy Award-winning director of Kolya, about Czech pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force (RAF) during the Second World War. The screenplay was written by Zdeněk Svěrák, the director's father. The film stars Czech actors Ondřej Vetchý, Kryštof Hádek and Oldřich Kaiser. British actors include Tara Fitzgerald, Charles Dance and Anna Massey.

  1. ^ a b c d e "Dark Blue World". Cineuropa. Retrieved 11 May 2023.
  2. ^ a b c Franklin, Anna (30 July 2001). "Sony Classics grabs Sverak's Dark Blue World". Screen International. Retrieved 11 May 2023.