Borisek

Borisek

1976 · ★ 7.5 · Family, War

The ten-year-old orphan Borisek is fathered by the entire military unit. The boy serves there with determination as a medic. When he and the soldiers reach Bohemia, he meets the mother of the soldier he saw die, but for a long time he does not find the courage to tell her the cruel truth...

Directed by Lev Golub · Written by Alois Havel

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