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Spring of Life ( Czech: Pramen života) is a 2000 Czech film directed by Milan Cieslar.

Plot

The film depicts a little-known operation of the Nazi SS, started just before the outbreak of World War II. Grétka ( Monika Hilmerová) has been selected by the Nazis for the Lebensborn. She falls in love with a Jew, Leo ( Michał Sieczkowski), who has been hiding there. A short summary of the lebensborn program follows as such: Germany encouraged young women who were racially pure and "aryan" to have a baby with a racially fit and aryan man. It was a breeding program, 60% of the women who entered this program were unmarried.In addition Germany kidnapped children from other countries who fit their aryan standards, to become foster children for pure German couples.

Cast

• Monika Hilmerová : Grétka
• Michał Sieczkowski: Leo
• Johana Tesarová : Klára
• Vilma Cibulková : Waage
• Karel Dobrý : Odillo
• Bronislav Poloczek : Kasuba
• Josef Somr : Teacher

External links

• Spring of Life at IMDb

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