Summary Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine days of grace of life that were granted to prisoners by the Nazis, a period during which the prisoners were put to work. Maruska paints the eyes of the plaster tin soldiers by a thin brush and thus she takes the opportunity to put down secretly the fragments of her memories, thoughts and expectations. She hopes she will manage to smuggle these "scraps", as she calls them, to her close friends and family. In retrospect there are returning the girl's experiences. View more details
Directed : Jaromil Jires
Written : Jaromil Jires
Stars : Magda Vásáryová Viera Strnisková Július Vasek Václav Helsus
Genres : Drama War Biography
Release date : May 25, 1972
Countries of origin : Czechoslovakia
Language : Czech
Filming locations : Brno, Czech Republic
Production companies : Filmové studio Barrandov
Summary Towards the end of 1942 a young prisoner Maruska awaits in her cell in prison in Breslau (after war Polish Wroclaw) her execution. After death sentence it was ninety nine days of grace of life that were granted to prisoners by the Nazis, a period during which the prisoners were put to work. Maruska paints the eyes of the plaster tin soldiers by a thin brush and thus she takes the opportunity to put down secretly the fragments of her memories, thoughts and expectations. She hopes she will manage to smuggle these "scraps", as she calls them, to her close friends and family. In retrospect there are returning the girl's experiences. View more details
Genres : Drama War Biography
Release date : May 25, 1972
Countries of origin : Czechoslovakia
Language : Czech
Filming locations : Brno, Czech Republic
Production companies : Filmové studio Barrandov
