In the near future in Czechoslovakia (the movie was made in 1961, after all), a space flight is in the final stages of preparation. Read More »
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Courage for Every Day AKA Kazdy den odvahu (1964) Evald Schorm, Jana Brejchová, Jan Kacer, Jirina Jirásková
Jarda Lukás (Jan Kacer), a worker from a big machine-tool plant Read More »
Tarnation (2003) Jonathan Caouette, Renee Leblanc, Adolph Davis
Part documentary, part narrative fiction, part home movie, and part acid trip. Read More »
Desire (1936) Frank Borzage, Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, John Halliday
Madeleine steals a string of pearls in Paris and uses US engineer Tom, who is driving on his vacation to Spain Read More »
The White Plague AKA Bílá nemoc (1937) Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek
The “White Plague”, a deadly leprosy-like disease that mainly infects people older than 50 years, is ravaging the world. Read More »
Virginity AKA Panenství (1937) Otakar Vávra, Lída Baarová, Jaroslava Skorkovská, Frantisek Kreuzmann
Young and stunningly beautiful Hana is thrown into the street after her mother catches her stepfather sexually harassing Hana. Read More »
Four Suns AKA Ctyri slunce (2012) Bohdan Sláma, Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová, Karel Roden
Fogi is enjoying his never ending puberty. But simultaneously Fogi is also trying to live up to his family duties Read More »
Play Misty for Me (1971) Clint Eastwood, Jessica Walter, Donna Mills
Disc jockey Dave Garver (Clint Eastwood) attracts the amorous attentions of a demented fan named Evelyn Draper (Jessica Walter). Read More »
The Stolen Border AKA Uloupená hranice (1947) Jirí Weiss, Ladislav H. Struna, Rudolf Deyl, Rudolf Siroký
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice) is a 1947 Czechoslovak war film depicting events before signing fateful Munich Agreement Read More »
I Dutifully Report AKA Poslusne hlásím (1958) Karel Steklý, Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Jaroslav Marvan
This is sequel of the adaptation of the famous satiric tale of well-intending soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek. Read More »
Black Peter AKA Cerný Petr (1964) Milos Forman, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil
Petr is 17 years old and starts work. Incredibly (for Czechoslovakia in 1963) this is as a security worker against shoplifting in a busy self-service shop. Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj
The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
The Straw Hat (1972) Oldrich Lipský, Milos Kopecký, Iva Janzurová, Vladimír Mensík
Fadinard is on the way to his wedding when his horse picks up and eats a straw hat. 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 »
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 »