Our Mr. Foerster Died (1963)
Genre : Drama
Runtime : 14M
Director : Jiří Menzel
Writer : Jiří Menzel, Jindřiška Smetanová
Synopsis
On a sunny afternoon an old man speaks to a laundress about his love for Provence, then a black flag is unfurled outside the town monument: news has arrived over the radio that the famous composer Foerster, born in the town, has just died.
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