After the battle of Sudom?? the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
The Elementary School AKA Obecná skola (1991) Jan Sverák, Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. Read More »
Rose Tinted Dreams AKA Ruzové sny (1977) Dusan Hanák, Juraj Nvota, Iva Bittová, Josef Hlinomaz
Jakub, a dreamer and budding magician, juggles between parcels and services rendered to the villagers. Read More »
The Wonder-Maid AKA Panna zázracnica (1967) Stefan Uher, Jolanta Umecka, Ladislav Mrkvicka, Otakar Janda
Anabella, a beautiful young woman meets a group of artists. They will awaken your erotic desires but also pure feeling of love Read More »
How to Drown Dr. Mracek, the Lawyer AKA Jak utopit dr. Mrácka aneb Konec vodníku v Cechách (1975) Václav Vorlícek, Jaromír Hanzlík, Libuse Safránková, Frantisek Filipovský
There are still water spirits among us. One group lives in Prague, led by Mr. Wassermann, who is using his wife’s family as a servants. Read More »
Distant Journey AKA Daleká cesta (1950) Alfréd Radok, Blanka Waleská, Otomar Krejca, Viktor Ocásek
Distant Journey follows Hana, a Jewish eye doctor who falls in love and marries a Gentile named Toník. Read More »
Faithless Marijka AKA Marijka nevernice (1934) Vladislav Vancura, Hana Maria Pravda
Portrait of customs and vicissitudes of the Ruthenian and subcarpáticos Jews in the 30s of last century. Read More »
Hotel for Strangers AKA Hotel pro cizince (1967) Antonín Mása, Petr Cepek, Tána Fischerová, Marta Krásová
Once, a young poet (Petr Cepek) has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World. Read More »
Cutting it Short AKA Postriziny (1981) Jirí Menzel, Magda Vásáryová, Jirí Schmitzer, Jaromír Hanzlík
Short Cut is a comedy revealed more in the acting and witty dialogue than in the simple premise of the story itself Read More »
The End of August at the Hotel Ozone AKA Konec Srpna v Hotelu Ozon (1967) Jan Schmidt, Vladimír Hlavatý, Jitka Horejsi, Ondrej Jariabek
A troupe of young women on post-apocalyptic earth are lead around by a mistress Read More »
The Prophet, the Gold and the Transylvanians AKA Profetul, aurul si Ardelenii (1978) Dan Pita, Mircea Veroiu, Ilarion Ciobanu, Ovidiu Iulian Moldovan, Mircea Diaconu
Two peasants from Transylvania go to America in order to meet their brother who had left Romania ten years earlier. Read More »
Secluded, Near Woods AKA Na samote u lesa (1976) Jirí Menzel, Josef Kemr, Zdenek Sverák, Daniela Kolárová
The Lavicka’s, a Czech family from the city, rents a house in the country with the option to buy. Read More »
The Little Mermaid AKA Malá morská víla (1976) Karel Kachyna, Miroslava Safránková, Radovan Lukavský, Petr Svojtka
The little mermaid rescues a prince from drowning and falls in love with him. Read More »
Fantastic Planet AKA La planète sauvage (1973) René Laloux, Barry Bostwick, Jennifer Drake, Eric Baugin
Slaves and masters dominate the narrative of the faraway world of Ygam. Read More »
Black Peter AKA Cerný Petr (1964) Milos Forman, Ladislav Jakim, Pavla Martinkova, Jan Vostrcil
Petr is 17 years old and starts work. Incredibly (for Czechoslovakia in 1963) this is as a security worker against shoplifting in a busy self-service shop. Read More »