
Once, a young poet (Petr Cepek) has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World. Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech
Conspirators of Pleasure (1996) Jan Svankmajer, Petr Meissel, Gabriela Wilhelmová, Barbora Hrzánová

Six people unknowingly form a cycle of masturbation as they each cause others to privately indulge in their fetishes. Read More »
Buttoners / Knoflíkári (1997) Petr Zelenka, Pavel Zajicek, Jan Haubert, Seisuke Tsukahara

Twist of fate and the twists of mind of the characters (mostly couples) combine in just the right twinkled Read More »
Sitting on a Branch, Enjoying Myself (1989) Juraj Jakubisko, Bolek Polívka, Ivan Drozdy, Judita Durdiaková

Pepe and Prengel, returning from war, meet Ester and both fall in love with the girl Read More »
Day for My Love / Den pro mou lásku (1977) Juraj Herz, Marta Vancurová, Vlastimil Harapes, Sylva Kamenická

The young married couple – photographer Marie (Marta Vancurová) and civil engineering student Read More »
The Night Overtake Me / Zastihla me noc (1986) Juraj Herz, Jana Riháková, Jana Brejchová, Rudolf Hrusínský

A Holocaust drama made by a director who was himself, as a Jew Read More »
Sign of the Cancer / Znamení raka (1967) Juraj Herz, Zora Bozinová, Zdenek Stepánek, Ilja Prachar

In a rather bizarre environment of a hospital, a criminal plot takes place – a murder occurs there. Read More »
Passage / Pasáz (1997) Juraj Herz

Michal Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. Read More »
Kytice / Wild Flowers (2000) F.A. Brabec, Martina Bezousková

Seven seemingly unconnected fairy tales – glued together only by folklore, mood, color and light – make up this Czech collection of visual poetry. Read More »
The White Plague / Bílá nemoc (1937) Hugo Haas

The “White Plague”, a deadly leprosy-like disease that mainly infects people older than 50 years, is ravaging the world. Read More »