Escape from the Shadows

(1959)

★ 5 IMDb · 3 votes

Genres: Drama

Year: 1959

Runtime: 97 мин

Country: Czechoslovakia

Director: Jiří Sequens

Cast: František Smolík, Ludmila Vendlová, Stanislav Remunda, Josef Bek, Renata Olárová, Milena Asmanová, Jaroslava Adamová, Bohumil Smutný, Růžena Lysenková, Oldřich Vykypěl

Plot

This exemplary "psychological drama" depicts the difficulties with which a new socialist mindset is born. Director Jiří Sequens warns against ill-advised marriages into the families of the defeated bourgeoisie, because the former royalty refuses to accept a man from a different social class. The heroes of this film will find out. The former owner of a pharmacy refuses to accept that his daughter has married a mere technical draughtsman. However, her father's hateful schemes cause the sensitive woman to attempt suicide.