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Tag Archives: Czech
When the Cat Comes / 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 »
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

Dita Saxová (Krystyna Mikolajewska) is the only one in her family to have survived the concentration camp. Read More »
Transport From Paradise / 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 / 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 »
Nurses / 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 / 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 / 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 / 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 »