Oscars: Czech Republic & Iceland Unveil Best International Feature Film Entries
deadline.comWith than less than three weeks left for countries to submit their candidates for the Best International Feature Film category of the 2024 Academy Awards, announcements are falling thick and fast.
Czech Republic and Iceland both unveiled their candidates on Tuesday. The Czech Republic has submitted Tomáš Mašín’s drama Brothers, about five teenage boys who attempt to flee communist Czechoslovakia in 1953 with the aim of joining the U.S.
Army in West Berlin. The film follows their exploits as they cross the heavily guarded border into the East Germany, triggering an extensive hunt.
Two members of the group are caught and later executed. The remaining three boys, the Mašín brothers and their injured friend Milan Paumer, make it to West Berlin, but not without consequences for their families.
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