A debut of director Sasa Gedeon unfolding the simple story of an adolescent girl (Klára Issová) Read More »
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The Idiot Returns AKA Návrat idiota (1999) Sasa Gedeon, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Vilhelmová
Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he’s been, “successfully” avoiding all relationships. Read More »
The Little Shepherd Boy from the Valley AKA Pasácek z doliny (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Vlastimir Drbal, Zdenek Dusek, Radka Fiedlerová
The film is set in 1947 Beskydy. It follows a 10 year old boy who regularly shepherds cows next to a destroyed German tank. Read More »
The Smoke AKA Kour (1991) Tomás Vorel, Jan Slovák, Lucie Zednícková, Simon Caban
As a matter of fact only axis of the story stayed: young engineer arrives on his first place of work with intention to labour Read More »
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer AKA Jak utopit dr. Mrácka aneb Konec vodníku v Cechách (1975) Václav Vorlícek, Jaromír Hanzlík, Libuse Safránková, Frantisek Filipovský
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife’s family as a servants. Read More »
Distant Journey AKA Daleká cesta (1950) Alfréd Radok, Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek
Distant Journey follows Hana, a Jewish eye doctor who falls in love and marries a Gentile named Toník. Read More »
Faithless Marijka AKA Marijka nevernice (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 »
Fair Game AKA Mamba (1988) Mario Orfini, Trudie Styler, Gregg Henry, Bill Moseley
Gene, a clever but seriously deranged computer-game designer, has been left by his wife Eva. Read More »
Hotel for Strangers AKA Hotel pro cizince (1967) Antonín Mása, Petr Cepek, Tána Fischerová, Marta Krásová
Once, a young poet (Petr Cepek) has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World. Read More »
Cutting it Short AKA Postriziny (1981) Jirí Menzel, Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík
Short Cut is a comedy revealed more in the acting and witty dialogue than in the simple premise of the story itself Read More »
The End of August at the Hotel Ozone AKA Konec Srpna v Hotelu Ozon (1967) Jan Schmidt, Vladimír Hlavatý, Jitka Horejsi, Ondrej Jariabek
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress Read More »
Secluded, Near Woods AKA Na samote u lesa (1976) Jirí Menzel, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová
The Lavicka’s, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Read More »
The Little Mermaid AKA Malá morská víla (1976) Karel Kachyna, Miroslava Safránková, Radovan Lukavský, Petr Svojtka
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. Read More »
Surviving Life (Theory and Practice) AKA Prezít svuj zivot (teorie a praxe) (2010) Jan Svankmajer, Václav Helsus, Klára Issová, Zuzana Krónerová
The film uses a mix of cut-out animation from photographs and live-action segments Read More »
Lost in Munich AKA Ztraceni v Mnichove (2015) Petr Zelenka, Václav Neuzil, Jana Plodková, Alena Doláková
Sir “P” a 90 year old gray parrot, formerly living with Edouard Daladier Read More »