The Coward

The Coward(1962)

04/13/1962 (US)Drama, War1h 38m
6.8

Overview

In a remote Slovak village in the closing days of World War II, a schoolteacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans are coming in to occupy their village. As his wife readily becomes involved with anti-Nazi partisans, the schoolteacher collaborates with the Germans in fear.

Jiří Weiss

Screenplay

Ivan Bukovčan

Story

Ota Ornest

Screenplay

Jiří Weiss

Director