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Secret Delivery
Based on a true story of great heroism of little heroes.
This adventurous family film takes place in the snowy Giant Mountains, Czechia, towards the end of the Nazi occupation. A group of child heroes rescues a downed French pilot. Their actions resemble the principle of the well-known “telephone game“ – the pilot is passed between mountain villages like a secret message – secret delivery - at school. But the children play a highly risky game. They are confronted by deadly soldiers of the occupying army, they must outwit traitors and informers and, last but not least, survive in the harsh conditions of winter in the mountains. This thrilling and visually attractive film story, which is an adaptation of the literary novela by writer and screenwriter Jiří Stránský, is based on real events. The authors want to address young viewers with the theme of courage, friendship and heroism, but also to show how people change when confronted with danger.
Keywords: adventures, children, war
Julietta Sichel is a Czech film producer with almost 30 years of experience in film business. She started producing films in 2010, after founding 8Heads Productions and concentrating on international coproductions and projects with an international potential. Films produced or co-produced by 8Heads Productions were presented at numerous festivals around the world and sold for several teritorries. The current focus of the company is high-quality films for children and youth, such as e.g. teenage ice-hockey drama The Pack (2020) which was shown in the Tallinn Just Film Competition in 2020, or children's winter historical road movie Secret Delivery, currently in post-production.
The Pack (2020) Secret Delivery, post- production
Ján Sebechlebský is a Slovak film director based in Prague, Czech Republic, with a very extensive filmography. Ján has directed more than a dozen documentaries, music videos, and series. His filmography includes, among others, the WW2 film based on Jiří Stránský's novel The Ballad of a Pilot, the children's film The Healing Water and the most expensive TV series ever produced in Slovakia, the historical saga The Time of Hopes, nominated for PRIX EUROPA 2024.