Description
Ota Pavel's autobiographical book Death of Beautiful Roebucks (1971) offers in seven stories memories of a happy childhood before World War II and the occupation that dramatically affected the fate of the writer's family. The protagonist is father Leo Popper, a passionate fisherman and nature lover in his free time, and a successful traveling salesman for Electrolux by profession. However, the Nazis steer the fate of the Jewish Popper family towards tragedy: Leo is fired from his job and must move with his wife and three sons from Prague to the countryside. When the two older sons are to be sent to transport, Leo decides to risk his life for his undernourished offspring: in the forests around his beloved Berounka, he hunts a roebuck with the help of his friend Prošek's wild wolfhound. He then brings it home past German patrols...
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Publication date: October 15, 2025
Manufacturer: AQS, a.s. divize Magic Box
Genres: Czech, Film and music, Movies
Type: Dvd, blu-ray
ISBN/EAN: 8595731304678