One of my all-time favourites, this movie is refreshing, because of the carthasis it offers, and I have never experienced carthasis as intensely as here. As the young widow Krista is setting out to exact revenge for her husband's death on Hans, the rather juvenile German soldier, both of them discover forgiveness and innocence in the most unlikely place and time and constellation, in the middle of the turmoil of the final days of WW2 between two people who have every reason to be mortal enemies. Acting, cinematography and music are superb. And on another note, I also highly recommend reading the novel by the same name, that Jan Procházka has written based on his film skript, first of all it gives more detail about Krista's background and secondly it adds a whole dimension to the film's ending. Apart from the Czech original, there is at least a Dutch translation entitled "Koets naar Wenen".
Review of Carriage to Vienna
