Zelary is an old-fashioned film, and that’s exactly what one expects from a Best Foreign Language Oscar nominee. Once a haven for daring alternatives to domestic mainstream fare, the category has ...

A Czech film that earned an Oscar nomination for best foreign language film, “Zelary” treads safe, durable ground for a prestige foreign picture. In other words, it’s about World War II. This one is ...

"Zelary" is a wartime drama with a comfortable feeling of familiarity to it. The film was the Czech Republic's official entry and one of five finalists in last year's Academy Award race for best ...

Powerful and emotional WWII character study focuses on a Prague nurse (Ana Geislerova), whose ties to the Resistance movement make her a Nazi target. To escape, she leaves her lover, marries a ...