Broken Promise

Plot Summary

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.

Top Cast

Samuel Spišák Martin

Ina Gogálová Mrs. Friedmannová

Ondřej Vetchý Mr. Friedmann

Marián Slovák Rabbi

Vlado Černý Doctor Fehér