a beautiful film and cleverly shot with an eye to war era detail and and ( consider it be set during wwii ) minimal violence . a small cast weave an emotive journey through the occupation of czechoslovakia and the separation from love one a the pilot depart for england ( the separation from the spaniel will touch heart ) and spitfire scene and love and friendship and betrayal . the theme of betrayal run deep through the movie and from betrayal of love and to betrayal of friendship and and finally the betrayal show by the communist regime to former raf pilot post war . a desperately sad film and all the more so because it be so factually accurate . i would recommend it to everyone .