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Tag Archives: Czech
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 »
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 »
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 »
Sirius (1975) Frantisek Vlácil, Michal Vavrusa, Jana Hlavácková, Karel Chromík, Drama, War
A young Czechoslovakian boy and the German shepherd that loves him – set during the Nazi occupation. Read More »
Lásky mezi kapkami deste / Love Between the Raindrops (1980) Karel Kachyna, Eduard Cupák, Vladimír Mensík, Lukás Vaculík, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karel Bursík (Lukás Vaculík), as a child called Kajda, recalls his childhood spent in Prague – Zizkov. His father (Vladimír Mensík), a shoe-maker Read More »
Holubice / The White Dove (1960) Frantisek Vlácil, Katerina Irmanovová, Anna Pitasová, Karel Smyczek, Drama
A boy accidentally kills a carrier pigeon in this story told through symbolism and imagery. Read More »
Panna a netvor / Beauty and the Beast (1978) Juraj Herz, Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
A more horrific and gloomy version of The Beauty and the Beast. Read More »
Ikarie XB 1 (1963) Jindrich Polák, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Sci-Fi
Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmese / Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) Carl Lamac, Vlasta Burian, Martin Fric, Lída Baarová, Comedy
Ferdinand XXIII., the king of Portorico, is exaggeratedly scared of anarchists. Thus he hires a famous detective Sherlock Holmes to find him a double. Read More »
Teticka / Auntie’s Fantasies (1941) Martin Fric, Rùzena Nasková, Ferenc Futurista, Frantisek Smolík, Comedy
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of her life, and refuses the offer…
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