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Tag Archives: Czech
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 »
Adelheid (1970) Frantisek Vlácil, Petr Cepek, Emma Cerná, Jan Vostrcil
In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. Read More »
The Return of Dragon (1968) Eduard Grecner, Radovan Lukavský, Gustáv Valach, Emília Vásáryová
This is a ballad about love, hate, and a search for a way out of loneliness. 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 »
The Valley of the Bees (1968) Frantisek Vlácil, Petr Cepek, Jan Kacer, Vera Galatíková
Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Read More »
Concert at the End of Summer (1980) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Vinklár, Zlata Adamovská, Ladislav Bambas, Drama, Biography
Composer Antonín Dvorák (Josef Vinklár) conducts a rehearsal in the Royal Albert Hall in London, in which a set of his musical bits is to be achieved. Read More »
The Seventh Day, The Eighth Night (1969) Evald Schorm, Jan Libícek, Václav Babka, Josef Bek, Drama, Mystery
An allegory set within an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what occurs when a succession of mystical events occur, for example, disappearance of the stationmaster. Read More »
Jan Zizka (1957) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Horák, Karel Höger, Drama, War
1419: The atmosphere in Prague after Hus’ death is very tense. Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivský leads large masses of people to the Old Town’s council house occupied by corrupt councillors, where the prisoners are kept. Read More »