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Distant Journey

Distant Journey

6.8/ 10

TMDB Rating

20

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1949

Release Year

104 min

Runtime

Drama

Overview

Prague, during World War II. Hana Kaufmann, a Jewish ophthalmologist, marries Dr. Antonín Bureš, a Christian man. When her family is sent to the Theresienstadt concentration camp, their romance turns into a struggle for survival.

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Keywords

husband wife relationship
jewish ghetto
holocaust (shoah)
world war ii
jew persecution
prague, czech republic
struggle for survival
semi-documentary

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7.0avg rating
CinemaSerf

CinemaSerf

@Geronimo1967

January 30, 2026

7
7/10

Perhaps what adds extra impact to this story of the “Kaufmann” family is the fact that it was made in Czechoslovakia a mere four years after the war had ended. The actors and crew here would still have the true memories of the Nazi invasion, occupation and news of the Holocaust fresh in their minds

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