Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
And I’ll Run to the Ends of the Earth AKA A pobezim az na kraj sveta (1979) Peter Solan, Anetka Lakatosová, Ivan Mistrík, Hana Pastejríková
Majka “Chatterbox” is a girl entering adolescence. She was born with a minor disability. 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 »
Mág (1988) Frantisek Vlácil, Jirí Schwarz, Veronika Zilková, Marta Vancurová
A narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Read More »
He and His Sister AKA Er und seine Schwester (1931) Karel Lamac, Anny Ondra, Vlasta Burian, Berthe Ostyn
Desire AKA Touha (1958) Vojtech Jasný, Jan Jakes, Václav Babka, Jana Brejchová
Four stories, four seasons of the year, four periods from the human life. Read More »
Night Riders AKA Nocní jazdci (1981) Martin Hollý, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Michal Docolomanský, Sona Valentová
Two men of principle face each other. One is backed by a whole, however poor village Read More »
Marketa Lazarová (1967) Frantisek Vlácil, Josef Kemr, Magda Vásáryová, Nada Hejna
Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. Read More »
The Snowdrop Festival AKA Slavnosti snezenek (1984) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Jaromír Hanzlík, Josef Somr
This movie is based on texts of Bohumil Hrabal, world-known Czech prosaic. Read More »
The Return of the Prodigal Son AKA Návrat ztraceného syna (1967) Evald Schorm, Jana Brejchová, Nina Divísková, Jan Kacer
Engineer Jan Sebek (Jan Kacer) is undergoing treatment in a mental home after Read More »
Ferat Vampire AKA Upír z Feratu (1982) Juraj Herz, Jirí Menzel, Dagmar Havlová, Jana Brezková
A doctor Marek is shocked when his beloved nurse Mima signs a contract with foreign Read More »
The Night Overtake Me AKA Zastihla me noc (1986) Juraj Herz, Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew Read More »
Hotel Pacific AKA Zaklete rewiry (1975) Janusz Majewski, Marek Kondrat, Roman Wilhelmi, Roman Skamene
Set in the early 1930s, a young man finds a job as a dishwasher in a hotel and quickly works his way up the ladder. Read More »
Day for My Love AKA Den pro mou lásku (1977) Juraj Herz, Marta Vancurová, Vlastimil Harapes, Sylva Kamenická
The young married couple – photographer Marie (Marta Vancurová) and civil engineering student Read More »
Pearls of the Deep AKA Perlicky na dne (1965) Vera Chytilová, Jaromil Jires, Jirí Menzel, Pavla Marsálková, Ferdinand Kruta, Alois Vachek
Set against the backdrop of a repressed Czechoslovakia, five non-related vignettes are presented Read More »