An experimental retelling of the story of Adam and Eve which then progresses into an allegorical depiction of loss of innocence. Read More »
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Man of the First Century AKA Muz z prvního století (1962) Oldrich Lipský, Milos Kopecký, Radovan Lukavský, Anita Kajlichova
In the near future in Czechoslovakia (the movie was made in 1961, after all), a space flight is in the final stages of preparation. Read More »
Passage AKA Pasáz (1997) Juraj Herz, Jacek Borkowski, Malgorzata Kozuchowska, Zora Jandová
Michal Forman, a successful business manager, gets stuck in a traffic jam. Read More »
Courage for Every Day AKA Kazdy den odvahu (1964) Evald Schorm, Jana Brejchová, Jan Kacer, Jirina Jirásková
Jarda Lukás (Jan Kacer), a worker from a big machine-tool plant Read More »
The White Plague AKA Bílá nemoc (1937) Hugo Haas, Bedrich Karen, Zdenek Stepánek
The “White Plague”, a deadly leprosy-like disease that mainly infects people older than 50 years, is ravaging the world. Read More »
Virginity AKA Panenství (1937) Otakar Vávra, Lída Baarová, Jaroslava Skorkovská, Frantisek Kreuzmann
Young and stunningly beautiful Hana is thrown into the street after her mother catches her stepfather sexually harassing Hana. Read More »
Four Suns AKA Ctyri slunce (2012) Bohdan Sláma, Jaroslav Plesl, Anna Geislerová, Karel Roden
Fogi is enjoying his never ending puberty. But simultaneously Fogi is also trying to live up to his family duties Read More »
Albert (1985) Frantisek Vlácil, Jaroslav Filip, Jan Kacer, Peter Debnar
Story of an extraordinary musician, violinist, who was famous, but his alcoholism led him to poverty. Read More »
The Devil’s Trap AKA Dáblova past (1962) Frantisek Vlácil, Vítezslav Vejrazka, Miroslav Machácek, Cestmír Randa
A priest travels to investigate a miller suspected to be working with the devil. Read More »
North of Hudson Bay (1923) John Ford, Tom Mix, Kathleen Key, Frank Campeau
On a steamboat heading North, where his brother has struck gold, Mike Dane falls in love with Estelle MacDonald. Read More »
The Stolen Border AKA Uloupená hranice (1947) Jirí Weiss, Ladislav H. Struna, Rudolf Deyl, Rudolf Siroký
The Stolen Border (Uloupená hranice) is a 1947 Czechoslovak war film depicting events before signing fateful Munich Agreement Read More »
Golden Eels AKA Zlatí úhori (1979) Karel Kachyna, Vladimír Mensík, Miroslava Hozová, Rudolf Hrusínský
A little boy, named Prdelka, traveled with his father from Prague to the country during the Second World War. Read More »
Against All AKA Proti všem (1958) Otakar Vávra, Zdenek Stepánek, Gustav Hilmar, Vlasta Matulová
After the battle of Sudom?? the Hussite teaching spreads through the whole country and people start leaving their homes to help build the fortification of Tábor. Read More »
The Elementary School AKA Obecná skola (1991) Jan Sverák, Jan Tríska, Zdenek Sverák, Libuse Safránková
The time is 1945-46. 10 year old Eda and his friend Tonda live in a small village outside Prague. Read More »
The Idiot Returns AKA Návrat idiota (1999) Sasa Gedeon, Pavel Liska, Anna Geislerová, Tatiana Vilhelmová
Frantisek, the main character is returning to his family. Until now he’s been, “successfully” avoiding all relationships. Read More »