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Tag Archives: Czech
Lost in Munich AKA Ztraceni v Mnichove (2015) Petr Zelenka, Václav Neuzil, Jana Plodková, Alena Doláková

Sir “P” a 90 year old gray parrot, formerly living with Edouard Daladier 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 »
Wolf’s Hole AKA Vlci bouda (1987) Vera Chytilová, Miroslav Machácek, Tomás Palatý, Stepánka Cervenková

A group of teenagers are mysteriously invited to a skiing workshop in the mountains. Read More »
Home Care AKA Domácí péce (2015) Slávek Horák, Martin Chamer, Jan Gogola Sr.

Everyone knows about the finality of human existence but the realization of life’s actual limits Read More »
The Strike AKA Siréna (1947) Karel Steklý, Josef Bek, L. Bohác, Josef Dekoj

The first Czechoslovak film to receive the Golden Lion at the Venice Film Festival, The Strike is a cornerstone example of political agitprop. Read More »
The Sadness of Mrs. Snajdrova AKA Smutek paní Snajdrové (2008) Eno Milkani, Piro Milkani, Anna Geislerová, Nik Xhelilaj, Barbora Stepánová

It is 1961 and an Albanian student (Nik Xhelilaj) of the Academy of Performing Arts in Prague Read More »
How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions AKA Jak básníci pricházejí o iluze (1985) Dusan Klein, Pavel Kríz, David Matásek, Míla Myslíková

How Poets Are Losing Their Illusions is a 1985 Czech comedy, the second in a series of films about a young, ideological poet Read More »
A Path Across the Danube (1989) Miloslav Luther

In WWII, Czechoslovakia split into the Slovak State and the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia. Read More »
…and the Fifth Horseman Is Fear (1965) Zbynek Brynych, Miroslav Machácek, Olga Scheinpflugová, Zdenka Procházková

Dr. Braun is forbidden to practice medicine because he’s a Jew living in Nazi occupied Czechoslovakia. Read More »