The strains of Debussy’s “Afternoon of a Faun” waft through this amusing comedy about an aging lecher’s ever-optimistic pursuit of the fair sex, for fair sex, or better. Read More »
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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 »
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 »
Marijka nevernice / Faithless Marijka (1934) Vladislav Vancura, Hana Maria Pravda
Portrait of customs and vicissitudes of the Ruthenian and subcarpáticos Jews in the 30s of last century. Read More »
A Game Without Rules (1967) Jindrich Polák, Svatopluk Matyás, Jirí Adamíra, Zdenek Kryzánek
A robbery in a Prague jeweler’s shop results in the shop manager Kubát and his deputy Litera being shot and wounded. Read More »
Bony a klid (1988) Vít Olmer, Jan Potmesil, Veronika Jeníková, Josef Nedorost
Martin becomes involved with a black market gang when he attempts to find the people who supplied him with fake money. Read More »
End of the Lonely Farm Berghof (1984) Jirí Svoboda, Jana Brejchová, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Milan Knazko
Drama set on an isolated farm on the Czech-Polish border immediately after the end of WWII. 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 »
The Ninth Heart (1979) Juraj Herz, Ondrej Pavelka, Anna Malová, Julie Juristová
Martin, a poor student, volunteers to go on a quest to find a cure for the princess Adriana Read More »
The Nun’s Night (1967) Karel Kachyna, Jana Brejchová, Mnislav Hofman, Gustáv Valach
One day of autumn 1950, during the forced collectivization, the farmers lead their cattle into the common stables of the new cooperative. Read More »
Killing the Devil (1970) Ester Krumbachová, Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Ljuba Hermanová
She (Jirina Bohdalová) is approximately forty-years old, intelligent and attractive, but, unfortunately, lonesome as one could be. Read More »
Crucial Years (1967) Juraj Jakubisko, Jirí Sýkora, Jana Stehnová, Vlado Müller
Juraj, a Slovak artist living in Prague, takes stock in hus life, realizing that his days pass without purpose. Read More »
The Snake Brothers (2015) Jan Prusinovský, Krystof Hádek, Matej Hádek, Martin Bonhard
Brothers Grass and Cobra Snake, in their late and early thirties respectively, live in a small Czech town not far from Prague. Read More »
Death in the Saddle (1958) Jindrich Polák, Rudolf Jelínek, Eduard Dubský, Radovan Lukavský
On the state stud-farm, Tomás (Rudolf Jelínek) is preparing to become a jockey together with other boys. Read More »
Grandmother (1940) Frantisek Cáp, Terezie Brzková, Svetla Svozilová, Karel Tresnák
“Grandmother” is a highly romanticized autobiographical novel by a Czech 19th century writer, Bozena Nemcova. Read More »