Cerni baroni

Cerni baroni
  • Release date: 4 Jun 1992
  • Release year: 1992
  • Runtime: 99 minutes
  • Country: Czechoslovakia
  • Keywords: satire comedy, 1950s, satire, army, based on novel, based on book
Plot:
Life of Czechoslovak soldiers in a military unit for the so called "politically unreliable" - the Technical auxiliary battalions, aka "the black barons". Although it might seem like a political satire and it's mostly funny, it shows the reality and the absurdity of military service under the communist regime. Based on a novel by Miloslav Svandrlik.
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