1419: The atmosphere in Prague after Hus’ death is very tense. Several rebels are prisoned and radical priest Jan Zelivský leads large masses of people to the Old Town’s council house occupied by corrupt councillors, where the prisoners are kept. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech
Sirius (1975) Frantisek Vlácil, Michal Vavrusa, Jana Hlavácková, Karel Chromík, Drama, War
A young Czechoslovakian boy and the German shepherd that loves him – set during the Nazi occupation. Read More »
Lásky mezi kapkami deste / Love Between the Raindrops (1980) Karel Kachyna, Eduard Cupák, Vladimír Mensík, Lukás Vaculík, Comedy, Drama, Romance
Karel Bursík (Lukás Vaculík), as a child called Kajda, recalls his childhood spent in Prague – Zizkov. His father (Vladimír Mensík), a shoe-maker Read More »
Holubice / The White Dove (1960) Frantisek Vlácil, Katerina Irmanovová, Anna Pitasová, Karel Smyczek, Drama
A boy accidentally kills a carrier pigeon in this story told through symbolism and imagery. Read More »
Panna a netvor / Beauty and the Beast (1978) Juraj Herz, Zdena Studenková, Vlastimil Harapes, Václav Voska, Fantasy, Horror, Mystery, Romance
A more horrific and gloomy version of The Beauty and the Beast. Read More »
Ikarie XB 1 (1963) Jindrich Polák, Zdenek Stepánek, Frantisek Smolík, Dana Medrická, Sci-Fi
Lelícek ve sluzbách Sherlocka Holmese / Lelicek in the Services of Sherlock Holmes (1932) Carl Lamac, Vlasta Burian, Martin Fric, Lída Baarová, Comedy
Ferdinand XXIII., the king of Portorico, is exaggeratedly scared of anarchists. Thus he hires a famous detective Sherlock Holmes to find him a double. Read More »
Teticka / Auntie’s Fantasies (1941) Martin Fric, Rùzena Nasková, Ferenc Futurista, Frantisek Smolík, Comedy
Rich spinster Berta celebrates her sixtieth birthday. Her faithful admirer Dr. Jelinek proposes. But Berta can not forget Edward, the great love of her life, and refuses the offer…
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Zítra vstanu a oparím se cajem / Tomorrow I’ll Wake Up and Scald Myself with Tea (1977) Jindrich Polák, Petr Kostka, Jirí Sovák, Vladimír Mensík, Comedy, Romance, Sci-Fi, War
Former Nazi Klaus Abard survives to the 1990s by taking anti-aging pills. He plans to use a time travel trip to return to Germany in 1944 and present Hitler with a hydrogen bomb, so that he can win the war. Read More »
Slunce, seno, jahody / Sun, Hay, Strawberries (1984) Zdenek Troska, Pavel Kikincuk, Bronek Cerny, Veronika Kánská, Comedy
A Czech agricultural student, Šimon Pláni?ka, arrives at the small South Bohemian town of Hoštice, and joins the local JZD (agricultural co-op) with the intention of trying out his experiment regarding the “Milk yield of cows in regards to a cultured environment”. Read More »