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Tag Archives: Czechoslovakia
Three Daughters (1968) Tri dcéry
A classical ballad motif about an aging father and his three daughters is quite unusually Read More »
The Sky Riders (1968) Jindrich Polák
The story of Czech pilots in RAF service during the Battle of Britain, and the ongoing aerial battle in Northern Europe. Read More »
The Limping Devil (1968) Kulhavý dábel
A baleful limping man walks through Prague. He is Asmodeus (Juraj Herz), the fiend of lustfulness Read More »
The Bridge at Remagen (1969) John Guillermin
In the last days of World War II, the Allied Army desperatly searched for a bridgehead across the impenetrable Rhein River Read More »
Christmas with Elisabeth (1968) Karel Kachyna, Vlado Müller, Pavla Kárníková, Zdena Hadrbolcová
Surly solitary truck driver is given an assistant for his daily rounds Read More »
Ballad of the Seven Hanged (1968) Martin Hollý, Emília Vásáryová, Jozef Cút, Ivan Mistrík
Seven people waiting for their death. A group of assasins – three men and two women – and Gypsy thief spend their time in prison to be tucked up. Read More »
The Shop on Main Street AKA Obchod na korze (1965) Ján Kadár, Elmar Klos, Ida Kaminska, Jozef Kroner, Hana Slivková
Slovakia during WW2. Tono lives a poor life, but the authorities offer him to take over the Jewish widow Read More »
Císaruv pekar a pekaruv císar / The Emperor and the Golem (1952) Martin Fric, Jan Werich, Marie Vásová, Natasa Gollová
Rudolph II, the Holy Roman Emperor, does not have a simple life. And yet he manages to complicate it even more with his frequent outbursts of anger. Read More »
Hotel for Strangers AKA Hotel pro cizince (1967) Antonín Mása, Petr Cepek, Tána Fischerová, Marta Krásová
Once, a young poet (Petr Cepek) has been killed in the Art Nouveau setting of the castle The World. Read More »