A Jewish ghetto in central Europe, 1944. By coincidence, Jakob Heym eavesdrops Read More »
Tag Archives: Vlastimil Brodský
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 »
The End of a Priest AKA Faráruv konec (1969) Evald Schorm, Vlastimil Brodský, Jan Libícek, Jana Brejchová
A verger, who likes to dress as a priest, is invited, by one of the villagers 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 »
The White Lady (1965) Zdenek Podskalský, Vlastimil Brodský, Rudolf Hrusínský, Milos Kopecký
This castle has its own ghost – a mysterious White lady. Read More »
Larks on a String (1990) Jirí Menzel, Rudolf Hrusínský, Vlastimil Brodský, Václav Neckár
Prague in the early 1950’s. Bourgeois elements are being re-educated by working in a scrapyard full of the detritus of industrial society. Read More »
All My Good Countrymen (1969) Vojtech Jasný, Vlastimil Brodský, Radoslav Brzobohatý, Vladimír Mensík
Stories about seven friends in a small Moravian village following the socialization of Czechoslovakia in 1948 Read More »