Death Is Called Engelchen (Slovak: Smrt sa volá Engelchen) is a 1963 Czechoslovak war film directed by Ján Kadár and Elmar Klos. It was entered into the 3rd Moscow International Film Festival where it won a Golden Prize.
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Plot
At the end of the Second World War, Zlín is liberated by the advancing Soviet army. A young Czechoslovak partisan named Pavel was injured in a gunfight with Germans and lies in hospital. He is paralyzed and while recovering, he spends his days by lying on his back. He recalls memories from his life during the war - his experience as a resistance fighter, his comrades, his fights with Germans in Slovak mountains and his love, Marta, who acted as a spy for the resistance. He also remembers Engelchen, an SS Sturmbannführer who was responsible for the deaths of many of Pavel's friends, and for the massacres of two mountain villages. Marta comes to visit Pavel in the hospital to say goodbye. Her work as a spy has made her look like a German collaborator to some and it has earned her hatred of him. After some time, Pavel recovers and leaves the hospital to find Engelchen.
Cast
Jan Kačer as Pavel
Eva Poláková as Marta
Martin Růžek as Doktor
Blažena Holišová as Schwester Alžběta
Otto Lackovič as Ondra
Norbert Chotas as Engelchen