The Black Battalion (Cerný prapor)

Black Battalion, The (1958)

Black Battalion, The (original: Cerný prapor) is Czech war movie. At airport is landing an aircraft, which returns home special passengers. They are former members of the Foreign Legion, who fought in Vietnam on the French side. At the Ramp expect relatives of former legionnaires, including one old women. She have a question for all about her son, whose name and photo is but unknown for anyone. Movie is then retrospectively back to Indochina, where private Vaclav Maly (Jan Mares) from Pilsen after a year service in Algeria comes along with other soldiers as reinforcements units deployed in a small fort. Soon after his arrival, newcomers involved in the first combat action. It ends, however, de facto, a fiasco, as the unit suffered in combat with the enemy to great losses, including the fallen commander. In his place a new commander starts, german Wolf (Hannjo Hasse). This information is very interested Maly, because the SS Wolf on behalf of the war had a large share of Wenceslas murder some members of the family. Little is responsible for salary novopečeného commander and a few discussions with him, his suspicion turns into certainty. Wolf actually served in the SS and his unit worked in Pilsen. Tensions between the commander and his subordinates are still growing together with Wenceslas determination to avenge to the germans. Opportunity arises during the operation in the field. Wolf decides to go to the survey and requested a volunteer from the team. Vaclav log on as a volunteer, then the two men go into the jungle ... The film is then transferred back to Prague. The mother, still unsuccessfully looking for her son, he asks so Peter, who served with Vaclav, but he denies that he knows him and goes towards in the airport buildings.