Set over a two-decade period in a tiny Central European village, this drama not only chronicles a couple’s tragic star-crossed love Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech
Heave Ho! (1934) Martin Fric, George Voskovec, Jan Werich, Helena Busová
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and Read More »
Prague Nights (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 »
The Apple Game (1977) Vera Chytilová, Dagmar Bláhová, Jirí Menzel, Jirí Kodet
Doctor John, who works in a Prague maternity hospital while still living at home with his mother 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 »
Albert (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Jaroslav Filip, Jan Kacer, Peter Debnar
Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Read More »
A Prayer for Katarina Horovitzova (1965) Arnost Lustig, Antonín Moskalyk, Jirí Adamíra, Jirí Bruder, Lenka Fiserová
A group of wealthy American Jewish businessmen have been captured by the SS Read More »
Dita Saxová (1968) Antonín Moskalyk, Krystyna Mikolajewska, Bohus Záhorský, Karel Höger
Dita Saxová (Krystyna Mikolajewska) is the only one in her family to have survived the concentration camp. 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 »
Intimate Lighting (1965) Ivan Passer, Zdenek Bezusek, Karel Blazek, Miroslav Cvrk
One of the most important images of the Czech New Wave 60s, which was ranked among the top ten domestic films of all time. Read More »
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989) Juraj Jakubisko, Bolek Polívka, Ivan Drozdy, Judita Durdiaková
Two men fight to make a life for themselves — and eventually for the damaged woman they come to love. Read More »
All My Good Countrymen (1969) Vojtech Jasný, Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík
Stories about seven friends in a small Moravian village following the socialization of Czechoslovakia in 1948 Read More »
The Millennial Bee (1983) Juraj Jakubisko, Jozef Kroner, Stefan Kvietik, Michal Docolomanský
A historic mega-film, one family saga, three generations (1887 -1917) assimilated to the bee community in the hive. Read More »
The Golden Fern (1963) Jirí Weiss, Vít Olmer, Daniela Smutná, Karla Chadimová
This is the story of a woodcutter in Bohemia during a war between Austria and Turkey. Read More »