“Post Coitum” is a sex tragicomedy. There are five women and four men, who are very unsatisfied with life. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech
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 »
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 »
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 »
The Merry Wives (1939) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Kreuzmann, Adina Mandlová
Czech filmmaker Otakar Vavra truly came into his own with his third feature Read More »
Talent Competition (1964) Milos Forman, Jirí Suchý, Jirí Slitr, Marketa Krotka
Two closely related episodes. Youths make problems for two local orchestras about to compete nationally Read More »
Men Without Wings (1946) Frantisek Cáp, Gustav Nezval, Ladislav H. Struna, Jaroslav Zrotal
The action takes place in occupied Czechoslovak Republic after assassination of Schutzstaffel (SS)-Obergruppenführer 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 »
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 »
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 »