A debut of director Sasa Gedeon unfolding the simple story of an adolescent girl (Klára Issová) Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech Republic
The Idiot Returns AKA Návrat idiota (1999) Sasa Gedeon, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Vilhelmová
Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he’s been, “successfully” avoiding all relationships. Read More »
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) AKA Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) (2010) Jan Svankmajer, Václav Helsus, Klára Issová, Zuzana Krónerová
The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments Read More »
Underground (1995) Emir Kusturica, Predrag ‘Miki’ Manojlovic, Lazar Ristovski, Mirjana Jokovic
Black marketeers Marko (Miki Manojlovic) and Blacky (Lazar Ristovski) manufacture Read More »
Lost in Munich AKA Ztraceni v Mnichove (2015) Petr Zelenka, Václav Neuzil, Jana Plodková, Alena Doláková
Sir “P” a 90 year old gray parrot, formerly living with Edouard Daladier Read More »
Home Care AKA Domácí péce (2015) Slávek Horák, Martin Chamer, Jan Gogola Sr.
Everyone knows about the finality of human existence but the realization of life’s actual limits Read More »
The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova AKA Smutek paní Snajdrové (2008) Eno Milkani, Piro Milkani, Anna Geislerová, Nik Xhelilaj, Barbora Stepánová
It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Read More »
Broken Promise AKA Nedodrzaný slub (2009) Jirí Chlumský, Ondrej Vetchý, Ina Marojevic, Vlado Cerný
A true story of a Jewish boy Martin,talented soccer player,has to make a risky lifetime decisions in order to survive in WWII. Read More »
Kytice AKA Wild Flowers (2000) F.A. Brabec, Martina Bezousková, Sylvie Kraslová, Sára Vorísková
Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales – glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light – make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. Read More »
Like Never Before (2013) Zdenek Tyc, Jirí Schmitzer, Petra Spalková, Tatjana Medvecká
The end of summer in Like Never Before also means the end of a life. Read More »
Smart Philip (2003) Václav Marhoul, Tomás Hanák, Vilma Cibulková, Pavel Liska
Inspired by the stories of the American writer Raymond Chandler, the classical hero is private detective Phil Marlowe Read More »
Tobruk (2008) Václav Marhoul, Jan Meduna, Petr Vanek, Robert Nebrenský
It is the story of Jiri and Jan, two Czech soldiers, battling alongside the allied forces against the Germans Read More »
The Ninth Day (2004) Volker Schlöndorff, Ulrich Matthes, August Diehl, Hilmar Thate
In World War II, after a period living hell on earth in the concentration camp of Dachau with other catholic priests Read More »
The Ride (1994) Jan Sverák, Anna Geislerová, Radek Pastrnák, Filip Renc
Two guys bought a car and travelled through the country untill they met a lonely girl on the road. Read More »
Post coitum (2004) Juraj Jakubisko, Franco Nero, Eva Elsnerová, Richard Krajco
“Post Coitum” is a sex tragicomedy. There are five women and four men, who are very unsatisfied with life. Read More »