Tag Archives: Frantisek Vlácil

Composer Antonín Dvorák (Josef Vinklár) conducts a rehearsal in the Royal Albert Hall in London Read More »

Her mother dead, 18-year-old Vladka travels to a remote village in the dead of winter Read More »

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 »

A narration of episodes from the life of the famous Czech poet, Karel Hynek Mácha. Read More »

Mikolás and his brother Adam rob travelers for their tyrannical father Kozlík. Read More »

Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Read More »

A priest travels to investigate a miller suspected to be working with the devil. Read More »

In the aftermath of World War II, a former Czech soldier takes charge of a manor formerly owned by a German family. Read More »

Ondrej, a young boy who loves bees and bats, is introduced to his new mother, a woman much younger than his father. Read More »

A young Czechoslovakian boy and the German shepherd that loves him – set during the Nazi occupation. Read More »

A boy accidentally kills a carrier pigeon in this story told through symbolism and imagery. Read More »

Based on the only extensive prose work by the surrealist painter Josef Capek, Shades of Fern most resembles the philosophical fairy tales and fables of Josef’s older brother Read More »