Jindrich Polák's pioneering and much-imitated feature is one of the cornerstones of contemporary sci-fi cinema. Adapted from Stanislaw Lem's 1955 novel The Magellanic Cloud and predating Gene Rodenberry's Star Trek and Kubrick's 2001 Ikarie XB-1's influence can be seen on both - and on almost every other science-fiction vehicle that followed.
Pavel a young student living in Prague in 1942 hides a Jewish girl in his apartment building's attic. Amidst the brutality of the occupying German army love blossoms between the two. He is her only link to the outside world. Then the two are discovered by Pavel's mother who forces the residents of the apartment building to decide whether Hana can remain.
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