Peter And Lucy

Peter And Lucy

1968 · 52 min · ★ 4.5 · Drama

Television production about love killed by the rampage of war. It depicts two months of a fragile relationship between a student, Peter, and an amateur painter, Lucie. In Easter week, the young couple's love was supposed to reach its climax, but the lovers' fate is tragically fulfilled - they die in a bombing raid in the ruins of a church.

Directed by Tibor Rakovský · Written by Ivan Taller

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