Tmavomodrý Svet (Wellington) Traditional Cache
Tmavomodrý Svet (Wellington)
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A cache connecting Czech Film, the deep blue sea and WWII aeroplanes out past Turikarae Head.
Dark Blue World (Czech: Tmavomodrý svet) is a 2001 film by Czech director Jan Sverák about Czechoslovakian pilots who fought for the British Royal Air Force during World War II. The screenplay was written by Zdenek Sverák, the father of the director.
The film stars Ondrej Vetchý as František (Franta) Sláma, Kryštof Hádek as Karel Vojtíšek and Tara Fitzgerald as Susan. I was reminded of the film while walking out here with the dogs and seeing a WWII aircraft thundering overhead en route to the Wings over Wairarapa event.
At the time, it was the most expensive Czech film ever made, the budget totalled €8 million. The train attack is the most expensive scene in Czech cinema history, costing more than the entire film, Kolya, which incidentally won as Oscar for Best Foreign Film. Dogfight footage from the 1969 film Battle of Britain was seamlessly integrated with contemporary film footage using computer imagery and mastering to create the aerial sequences.
Looking out at the Deep Dark Blue of the Sea and hearing the plane thundering overhead I decided a cache would be a good way to commemorate the bravura of the movie and the splendour of this location. I love gazing out across the blue expanse of water all the way to the horizon to Chile......the imagination soars...
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Cbq xnzrarz cbq fxnybh
Haqre n yvggyr ebpx haqre n ovttre ebpx
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