Twelve-year-old Alena (Dita Kaplanová) has had to leave the countryside on a blazing hot summer Read More »
Tag Archives: Czech
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 »
Long Live the Republic / 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 / 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 (1958) Karel Steklý
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 / 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 / Dobrý voják Svejk (1954) Jirí Trnka, Jan Werich
Adapting Jaroslav Hasek’s raucous satirical novel, and also bringing Josef Lada’s Read More »
Indian Summer / Indiánské léto (1995) Sasa Gedeon, Tatiana Vilhelmová, Klára Issová, Robert Stepánek
A debut of director Sasa Gedeon unfolding the simple story of an adolescent girl (Klára Issová) Read More »
Four Murders Are Enough, Darling / ‘Ctyri vrazdy stací, drahousku’ (1971) Oldrich Lipský, Lubomír Lipský, Jirina Bohdalová, Iva Janzurová
Two criminal gangs are ruthlessly fighting for a 1-million dollar check that, purely by chance Read More »
Hasek’s Tales from The Old Monarchy / Haskovy povidky ze stareho mocnarstvi (1952) Miroslav Hubácek, Oldrich Lipský, Frantisek Smolík, Ruzena Slemrová, Jaroslav Vojta
Four of Hasek’s short stories were adapted for the screen by Miroslav Hubacek. Read More »