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Zelary (B). This review may contain some spoilers, but I doubt many Courtwatchers will be running out to see this 2 1/2 hour Czecheslovakian import (and best-foreign-film Oscar nominee). The movie opens in 1943, in some big city in Czecheslovakia. Eliska, a lovely young nurse, is dating a doctor named Richard; both are involved in the resistance against the Nazis. One night they save the life of an injured peasant named Joza, who has been rushed in from the countryside after a terrible accident. Shortly thereafter, Richard suddenly disappears, and Elsika is told that she must flee into the countryside immediately to avoid certain death at the hands of the Gestapo. Renamed Hana, she is sent to the village of Zelary where she is quickly married off to unpolished but gentle and kind Joza to complete her cover story. At first the shock of the change almost overwhelms her, but over the next two years she adapts to her new life and even comes to love her husband and the simple village folk. Encounters with Nazis, the village's violent drunk, and the "liberating" Soviet army provide moments of suspense and even graphic violence that make the movie inappropriate for children. All in all, a bit predictable, a bit sentimental, but still an enjoyable movie.