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Tag Archives: Czech
Morgiana (1972) Juraj Herz, Iva Janzurová, Josef Abrhám, Nina Divísková
Klara and Viktoria are sisters. Their father dies, leaving most of his property to Klara. Read More »
Dita Saxová (1968) Antonín Moskalyk, Krystyna Mikolajewska, Bohus Záhorský, Karel Höger
Dita Saxová (Krystyna Mikolajewska) is the only one in her family to have survived the concentration camp. Read More »
Transport From Paradise AKA Transport z ráje (1963) Zbynek Brynych, Zdenek Stepánek, Ilja Prachar, Jirí Vrstála
Transport from Paradise is set in an unusual World War II concentration camp. Read More »
The Stress of Youth AKA Trápení (1961) Karel Kachyna, Jorga Kotrbová, Rudolf Prucha, Milan Jedlicka
Lenka (Jorga Kotrbová) is a strong-willed girl on the brink of puberty who builds a bond with a tameless blackhorse Prim Read More »
A Game Without Rules AKA Hra bez pravidel (1967) Jindrich Polák, Svatopluk Matyás, Jirí Adamíra, Zdenek Kryzánek
A robbery in a Prague jeweler’s shop results in the shop manager Kubát and his deputy Litera being shot and wounded. Read More »
Nurses AKA Sestricky (1984) Karel Kachyna, Alena Mihulová, Jirina Jirásková, Ondrej Vetchý
The young nurse Mari, the “last virgin of the group”, decides to become a real woman. Read More »
King of Sumava AKA Král Sumavy (1959) Karel Kachyna, Radovan Lukavský, Jirí Vala, Jirina Svorcová
Rough and raw landscape of the Bohemian Forest and a thrilling story of border guards repressing the intrusion of national borders. Read More »
Waiting for the Rain AKA Cekání na dést (1978) Karel Kachyna, Jirí Bartoska, Michal Hofbauer, Monika Hálová
Twelve-year-old Alena (Dita Kaplanová) has had to leave the countryside on a blazing hot summer Read More »
Tiger Theory AKA Teorie tygra (2016) Radek Bajgar, Jirí Bartoska, Eliska Balzerová, Tatiana Vilhelmová
The last drop for Jan’s resolution is the voluntary death of his father-in-law, whose strength Read More »
Long Live the Republic AKA At’ zije Republika (1965) Karel Kachyna, Frank Argus, Josef Barta, Eduard Bredun
It’s the spring 1945 along with the front is becoming closer to the tiny Moravian village of Nesovice. Read More »
Martyrs of Love AKA Mucedníci lásky (1967) Jan Nemec, Petr Kopriva, Marta Kubisová, Hana Kuberová
A series of loosely-connected shorts comprised of three tales representing Read More »
I Dutifully Report AKA Poslusne hlásím (1958) Karel Steklý, Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Jaroslav Marvan
This is sequel of the adaptation of the famous satiric tale of well-intending soldier Schweik by Jaroslav Hasek. Read More »
The Good Soldier Schweik AKA Dobrý voják Svejk (1957) Karel Steklý, Rudolf Hrusínský, Svatopluk Benes, Frantisek Filipovský
Film version of the famous satirical novel unfinished Jaroslav Hašek Czech writer, published in 1921 and 1922 Read More »
The Good Soldier Schweik AKA Dobrý voják Svejk (1954) Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich
Adapting Jaroslav Hasek’s raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada’s Read More »