Wronke Prison, 1916. Social democrat Rosa Luxemburg faces a mock execution. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Seventh Day, The Eighth Night AKA Den sedmý osmá noc (1969) Evald Schorm, Jan Libícek, Václav Babka, Josef Bek
An allegory set within an archetypal Czech village, it tells of what occurs when a succession of mystical 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 Read More »
Heave Ho! AKA Hej-rup! (1934) Martin Fric, George Voskovec, Jan Werich, Helena Busová
A Milk-Cannery baron, Jakub Simonides, is broken by the Canned Milk-Trust and Read More »
Funeral Ceremony AKA Smutecni slavnost (1969) Zdenek Sirový, Jaroslava Tichá, Josef Somr, Jana Vychodilová
Matylda, widow of Jan Chladil, decides to bury her husband in the village Read More »
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 »
Closely Watched Trains AKA Ostre sledované vlaky (1966) Jirí Menzel, Václav Neckár, Josef Somr, Vlastimil Brodský
An apprentice train dispatcher at a village station seeks his first sexual encounter Read More »
Capricious Summer AKA Rozmarné léto (1968) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Frantisek Rehák
The friends enjoy the charms of nature – and of their guests. Read More »
Killing the Devil AKA Vrazda ing. Certa (1970) Ester Krumbachová, Jirina Bohdalová, Vladimír Mensík, Ljuba Hermanová
She (Jirina Bohdalová) is approximately forty-years old, intelligent Read More »
From Saturday to Sunday AKA Ze soboty na nedeli (1931) Gustav Machatý, Ladislav H. Struna, Magda Maderova, Jirina Sejbalová
Mána is a young secretary. One evening she and her roommate Read More »
Ski Fever (1966) Curt Siodmak, Claudia Martin, Martin Milner, Toni Sailer
An American student at an Austrian resort disapproves of the games Read More »
Jan Hus (1954) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Karel Höger, Vlasta Matulová
1412 – 1415: Master Jan Hus in his sermons in the Bethlehem Chapel denounces plague the church organization. Read More »
The Emperor’s Nightingale AKA Cisaruv slavík (1949) Jirí Trnka, Milos Makovec, Helena Patockova, Jaromir Sobotoa, Detsky pevecky sbor Jana Kuhna
A Chinese emperor prefers the tinkling of a bejeweled mechanical bird to the song of a real nightingale. Read More »
Prague Nights AKA Prazske noci (1969) Jirí Brdecka, Milos Makovec, Milena Dvorská, Milos Kopecký, Jirí Hrzán
Rumor has it that the house of Prague hide secret obtain the philosopher’s stone Read More »
Such Is Life AKA Takový je zivot (1930) Carl Junghans, Vera Baranovskaya, Theodor Pistek, Mána Zenísková
Realistic portrait of a poor working family in late 20s Prague: the washerwoman mother whose burial Read More »