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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Apple Game AKA Hra o jablko (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 »
Operation: Daybreak (1975) Lewis Gilbert, Timothy Bottoms, Martin Shaw, Joss Ackland
In 1942 Czechoslovakia, SS-General Reinhard Heydrich is appointed to become the Reich Protector of Bohemia and Moravia. Read More »
Catacombs AKA Katakomby (1940) Martin Fric, Vlasta Burian, Jaroslav Marvan, Cenek Slégl
An older clerk Mr. Borman works in basement offices of the Land Registry which are cakke Catacombs by employees. Read More »
The Last Butterfly AKA Poslední motýl (1991) Karel Kachyna, Tom Courtenay, Brigitte Fossey, Ingrid Held
Stage mime Antoine Moreau (Tom Courtenay) is compelled by the Gestapo to put on a performance Read More »
Pictures of the Old World AKA Obrazy starého sveta (1972) Dusan Hanák
Pictures of the Old World is an unquestioned masterpiece of European documentary cinema Read More »
Jacob the Liar AKA Jakob, der Lügner [+Extra] (1974) Frank Beyer, Vlastimil Brodský, Erwin Geschonneck, Henry Hübchen
A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops Read More »
Sweet Games of Last Summer AKA Sladké hry minulého léta (1970) Juraj Herz, Jana Plichtová, Frantisek Velecký, Peter Debnar
One of the gems of the czechoslovak new wave. Impressionism on a film screen inspired by Maupassant’s Mouchette. Read More »
The Boxer and Death AKA Boxer a smrt (1963) Peter Solan, Stefan Kvietik, Manfred Krug, Valentina Thielová
In a Nazi concentration camp, an escapee awaiting execution is spared Read More »
When the Cat Comes AKA Az prijde kocour (1963) Vojtech Jasný, Jan Werich, Emília Vásáryová, Vlastimil Brodský
Some people with a strange cat arrive in a small village. The cat wears glasses, and when someone takes Read More »
Ninety Degrees in the Shade (1965) Jirí Weiss, Anne Heywood, James Booth, Rudolf Hrusínský
In a Prague shop, an assistant has been carrying on an affair with the dishonest, married manager. Read More »
Port Arthur (1936) Nicolas Farkas, Anton Walbrook, Karin Hardt, René Deltgen
Espionage, war and romance in the Far East in 1904: Russian naval officer Boris Ranewsky Read More »
Morgiana (1972) Juraj Herz, Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. Read More »
Celebration in the Botanical Garden AKA Slávnost v botanickej záhrade (1969) Elo Havetta, Slavoj Urban, Jirí Sýkora, Nina Divísková
This colorful ”fairy”-tale is about the need of miracles in life Read More »
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 »