Broken Promise

2009 · 135 min · Drama, History, War

Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.

Director: Jiří Chlumský
Writer: Jan Novák
Released: April 30, 2009
Language: Slovak