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Broken Promise (2009)
Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
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Slovakia, on the eve of the outbreak of World War II. The family of the young Jewish Martin Friedmann gathers to celebrate his bar mitzvah and make a solemn promise that they will all meet again a year later around the same table; but the storms of war and anti-Semitic fanaticism will lead each of them down very different paths.
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Genre:Drama, History, War
Written By:Jan Novák
In Theaters:4/25/2009
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Runtime:135 minutes
Studio:Genta Film, Studio 727, JPEF, Česká televize, Slovenská televízia, SPI International
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