"The Coward"
1962
Directed by Jiri Weiss

Set in a remote Slovak village during the waning days of World War II, The Coward is a probing moral study of heroism. A school teacher and his young wife find a wounded Russian parachutist in their front yard just as the Germans occupy the village; the wife supports the anti-Nazi partisans but her husband collaborates with the Germans. At the end of his humiliation, her husband finds the courage to save his honor and the innocent victims of the Nazis. Czech with English subtitles.
113 minutes.