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Tag Archives: Czech Republic
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 »
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 »
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 »
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 »
Habermann (2010) Juraj Herz, Mark Waschke, Karel Roden, Ben Becker
A mill owner in the Sudetenland and his family’s lives are changed as Europe heats up in 1938. Read More »
Dark Confessions (2000) Lloyd A. Simandl, Kate Rodger, Rena Riffel, Lisha Snelgrove
Two women being blackmailed into becoming indentured sexual slaves. One of the women submits readily and the other resists… Read More »
Ravenous (1999) Antonia Bird, Guy Pearce, Robert Carlyle, David Arquette
Upon receiving reports of missing persons at Fort Spencer, a remote Army outpost on the Western frontier Read More »
The Inheritance or Fuckoffguysgoodday (1992) Vera Chytilová, Bolek Polívka, Miroslav Donutil, Anna Pantuckova
A hillbilly inherits millions and goes to the city, leaving his village to live a rich man’s life in post communist Czech Republic. Read More »
Jan Saudek – Trapped By His Passions No Hope For Rescue (2007) Adolf Zika, Jan Saudek, Sára Saudková
Jan Saudek, Czechoslovakia’s most famous living photographer, is the subject of this often-shocking kaleidoscopic biopic by friend and colleague Adolf Zika. Read More »
Film Adventurer Karel Zeman (2015) Tomas Hodan, Tim Burton, Tony Dalton, Kamil Fila
A biographical film looking back at the life, work and significance of the genius of world cinema. Read More »
Nowhere in Moravia (2014) Miroslav Krobot, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Lenka Krobotová, Johana Tesarová
When she’s not serving regulars in a pub in a sleepy northern Moravian village, thirtysomething Maruna spends time with indecisive mayor Jura Read More »
In the Mirror of Maya Deren (2001) Martina Kudlácek, Miriam Arsham, Stan Brakhage, Chao Li Chi, Documentary, Biography
Using footage from filmmaker Maya Deren’s avant-garde films of the 1940s Read More »