Why did it take so long for the Czech government
to forgive the pilots? As late as 1991? Wow!!
share... I hope this is still a point of interest, I'd like to answer.
Czechoslovakia was a Communist state up to 1990, and after World War 2 Communist countries did not especially like the people who fought for the western Allies during the war. They considered them "subversive elements", enemies of the state, whose experiences with western culture and lifestyle may incite unrest in the population.
After the Communist regimes faded away, many former Communist states tried to set this injustice right.
Kung-Fu movies are like porn. First it's 1-on-1, then 2-on-1, then there's a group scene...
Thanks for the explanation. Yes, i am still interested in the movie; the movie was not just entertaining, but had an element of truth/history to it.
Was this movie well-received in the czech republic, for bringing up a painful/unsettöing past etc? Cheers.
Dark Blue World was a major hit in the Czech Republic. The sad story of our WW2 pilots fighting in RAF is very well known here. Their post war imprisonement was done by communists, so there was nothing to be ashamed of among the general public.
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