Mána is a young secretary. One evening she and her roommate Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech
Jan Hus (1954) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová
1412 – 1415: Master Jan Hus in his sermons in the Bethlehem Chapel denounces plague the church organization. Read More »
Prague Nights AKA Prazske noci (1969) Jirí Brdecka, Milos Makovec, Milena Dvorská, Milos Kopecký, Jirí Hrzán
Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher’s stone Read More »
Witches’ Hammer AKA Kladivo na carodejnice (1970) Otakar Vávra, Vladimír Smeral, Elo Romancik, Josef Kemr
The time is the seventeenth century. The beggar Maryna Schuchová hides the Host in her scarf at the Communion. Read More »
Time of the Servants AKA Cas sluhu (1989) Irena Pavlásková, Ivana Chýlková, Karel Roden, Jitka Asterová
Dana is young medical student with no self esteem, she can’t deal with life Read More »
Those Wonderful Men with a Crank AKA Bájecní muzi s klikou (1979) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlasta Fabiánová, Blazena Holisová
Returning home to Prague, the magician Pasparte (Rudolf Hrusínský), an owner of a circus caravan Read More »
The Cow AKA Kráva (1994) Karel Kachyna, Radek Holub, Alena Mihulová, Valérie Zawadská
Adam is a young farmer. As a child, fleeing the bleak reality of his mother’s life as a prostitute Read More »
Concert at the End of Summer AKA Koncert na konci léta (1980) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Vinklár, Zlata Adamovská, Ladislav Bambas
Composer Antonín Dvorák (Josef Vinklár) conducts a rehearsal in the Royal Albert Hall in London Read More »
Vertigo AKA Závrat (1963) Karel Kachyna, Eva Solcová, Petr Skála, Oldrich Velen
Geologists looking for tin stay at a country hotel. The manager’s daughter experiences her first love. Read More »
The Stress of Youth AKA Trápení (1961) Karel Kachyna, Jorga Kotrbová, Rudolf Prucha, Milan Jedlicka
Lenka (Jorga Kotrbová) is a strong-willed girl on the brink of puberty who builds a bond with a tameless blackhorse Prim Read More »
Snake Poison AKA Hadí jed (1981) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Vinklár, Karel Brozek, Renáta Dolezelová
Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter Read More »
The Junk Shop AKA Sberné surovosti (1965) Juraj Herz, Václav Halama, Frantisek Ketzek, M. Cirmonová
Juraj Herz adapts Bohumil Hrabal’s story about a man who works in a junk shop. Read More »
The End of Old Times AKA Konec starych casu (1989) Jirí Menzel, Josef Abrhám, Marián Labuda, Jaromír Hanzlík
Czechoslovakia 1918. The newly formed National Assembly has made Stoklasa Read More »
The Good Soldier Schweik AKA Dobrý voják Svejk (1954) Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich
Adapting Jaroslav Hasek’s raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada’s Read More »
A Midsummer Night’s Dream AKA Sen noci svatojánské (1959) Jirí Trnka, Joss Ackland, Ann Bell, Richard Burton
The first puppet kinescope in the world. It is based on the famous poetic comedy by William Shakespeare. Read More »