Directed by:
Milan CieslarCinematography:
Marek JíchaComposer:
Jan ČernýCast:
Monika Hilmerová, Michał Sieczkowski, Johanna Tesařová, Vilma Cibulková, Karel Dobrý, Bronislav Poloczek, Josef Somr, Božidara Turzonovová, Alois Švehlík (more)Plots(1)
Based on real historical events, Spring of Life is a disturbing melodrama about a young girl's involvement in Lebensborn, the Nazi's dream to create a master race. Just before the outbreak of WWII, a young Czech girl, favoured by occupying Nazi officials for her blonde good looks, is taken away from her family to a remote spa where she receives an education and everything she could want. It is only when eager Nazi SS officers come to spend the night that she discovers the sinister truth that she is being groomed as part of a breeding programme to further Aryan lineage... (official distributor synopsis)
(more)Cast
![Monika Hilmerová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268353_b4d8bf.jpg)
Monika Hilmerová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Tata (2000) (theatrical recording)
Uprising (2001) (TV movie)
Spring of Life (2000)
![Michał Sieczkowski](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/585/164585711_daf8fc.png)
Michał Sieczkowski
Poland
Best movies:
Life As a Fatal Sexually Transmitted Disease (2000)
Spring of Life (2000)
The Supplement (2002)
![Johanna Tesařová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/130/515/130515187_09819a.jpg)
Johanna Tesařová
Austria
Best movies:
The Snowdrop Festival (1983)
Rok na vsi (1995) (theatrical recording)
Návštěva z vesmíru (1977) (TV movie)
![Vilma Cibulková](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/163/683/163683397_84ab48.jpg)
Vilma Cibulková
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Picasso (2008) (theatrical recording)
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Poklad pana H. (1998) (TV movie)
![Karel Dobrý](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/188/164188635_b79b62.jpg)
Karel Dobrý
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Major Case Squad (2014) (series)
Czech Soda (1998)
Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001) (TV movie)
![Bronislav Poloczek](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268588_a5da18.jpg)
Bronislav Poloczek
Poland
Best movies:
How to Get Dad Into Reform School (1978) (TV movie)
Hotovo, konec! (2003) (theatrical recording)
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
![Josef Somr](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268175_66305a.jpg)
Josef Somr
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Hamlet (1986) (theatrical recording)
Naši furianti (1983) (theatrical recording)
Tažní ptáci (1983) (TV movie)
![Božidara Turzonovová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268495_5fe694.jpg)
Božidara Turzonovová
Bulgaria
Best movies:
Na skle maľované (1980) (TV movie)
Romulus Veľký (1992) (TV movie)
Kým kohút nezaspieva (1972)
![Alois Švehlík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/618/164618348_bf8743.jpg)
Alois Švehlík
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Forbidden Dreams (1986)
Burning Bush (2013) (TV movie)
The Black Barons (1992)
![Lubomír Kostelka](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268645_2f6141.jpg)
Lubomír Kostelka
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Těžká Barbora (1960) (theatrical recording)
Balada z hadrů (1960) (theatrical recording)
All My Compatriots (1968)
![Vítězslav Jandák](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268186_20979e.jpg)
Vítězslav Jandák
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Three Wishes for Cinderella (1973)
Silent Pain (1990)
Signum Laudis (1980)
![Zdeňka Sajfertová](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/072/312/72312328_c9ae22.jpg)
Zdeňka Sajfertová
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Jako kníže Rohan (1983) (TV movie)
Panoptikum Města pražského (1987) (series)
Jak básníci přicházejí o iluze (1984)
Elin Špidlová
Best movies:
Spring of Life (2000)
Mauvaise fréquentation (2002)
Love Lies Bleeding (1999)
![Kateřina Hajná](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/161/798/161798625_abffa4.jpg)
Kateřina Hajná
Best movies:
Spring of Life (2000)
Traps (1998)
Kristýna Luťanská
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Spring of Life (2000)
Černá slečna, slečna Černá (2002) (TV movie)
Tatort (1970) (series)
Ortrun Heinkelein
Best movies:
Spring of Life (2000)
![Václav Mareš](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268574_72e314.jpg)
Václav Mareš
Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Best movies:
Waiter, Scarper! (1980)
The Golden Eels (1979) (TV movie)
The Mystery of the Carpathian Castle (1981)
![Zdeněk Maryška](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/164/461/164461781_3b350b.png)
Zdeněk Maryška
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
Cops and Robbers (2001) (series)
Swingtime (2007) (TV movie)
Zbojník (2023)
![Oto Ševčík](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/000/268/268719_56fad9.jpg)
Oto Ševčík
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
The Assassination (1964)
Divided We Fall (2000)
Death Is Called Engelchen (1963)
![Martin Stránský](http://image.pmgstatic.com/cache/resized/w88h116crop/files/images/creator/photos/160/864/160864291_506b0b.jpg)
Martin Stránský
Czechoslovakia
Best movies:
S tvojí dcerou ne (1997) (theatrical recording)
Nineties (2022) (series)
Královský život otroka (1992) (TV movie)