Secret Delivery
Secret Delivery (Czech: Tichá pošta) is a 2025 adventure family film from the Czech Republic, Slovakia, and Serbia. It is directed by Ján Sebechlebský, who also co-wrote the screenplay with Klára Formanová. The story, based on Jiří Stránský’s novel of the same name (which is inspired by true events), follows a group of children in the snowy Giant Mountains at the end of World War II as they work to rescue a downed French pilot. They pass clues between mountain villages in a game-like “silent mail,” but their mission puts them in great danger as they outsmart German soldiers, traitors, and the harsh winter.
Key details
- Cast: Judit Bárdos, Matěj Hádek, Karel Dobrý, Antonie Formanová, Daniel Fischer
- Producers: 8Heads Productions, Arinafilm, Living Pictures
- Supporting partners: Czech Television, Slovak Radio and Television, Barrandov Studio, Moss & Roy; funding from the Czech State Film Fund and Slovak audiovisual funds
- Distributor: CinemArt
- Filming: 32 days from late January to mid-March 2024 in the Czech regions of Ústí nad Labem, Liberec and Plzeň, plus locations in Slovakia; post-production in Prague and Belgrade
- Release: Premiered in Czech cinemas on 27 February 2025
- Runtime: 97 minutes; Languages: Czech, German, French
- Festivals: Work-in-progress showing at Tallinn Black Nights in November 2024; international premiere at Locarno on 13 August 2025
This page was last edited on 3 February 2026, at 07:58 (CET).